Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int
The Appeals Court hearing on Donald Trumps Immunity Hearing has wrapped up. The threejudge appellant panel facing this big question can the former president be held criminally responsible for actions that he took while in office to overturn the 2020 election loss. We heard a remarkable argument from trumps team who heard the argument that prosecuting a former president would open up a pandoras box as john sauer said that working in the capacity as alleged in the indictment by jack smith, the Special Counsels office pushing back on that. This notion that we are all of the sudden going to be seeing a floodgate, i think that, again, the careful investigations in the clinton era didnt result in any charges. The fact that this investigation did doesnt reflect that we are going to see a sea change of vindictive titfortat prosecutions in the future. I think it reflects fundamentally unprecedented nature of the criminal charges here. Cnns evan perez joins us now. Evan, you were inside of that
Leader not holding back. I thought the reference to my favorite punk scaband, insane. What was it . Malignant clown show. Malignant clown show. A good one best 1990s bunk scaband out there. Close cousin to the Insane Clown Posse out of detroit. Yeah, of course. Fantastic. That a Malignant Clown show. This as Top Republican in the Senate Releases an fbi memo that fails to prove any, any, of the accusations against President Joe Biden and his son hunter. And the people said, oh, how nice. The republicans now have their own steele dossier. Yeah. Plus, Kevin Mccarthy made a secret promise to trump. And speaking of the form period well play his ominous comments that seem to be calls for a january 6 response to his legal issues. Heres the problem. Willie a lot of problems there there are a lot of problems but he needs to read the room. This does not help him with jack smith. I dont know. Maybe this helped him with a Contract Dispute in new jersey when hed throw words around like that. Threat
t the lead starts right now. ukraine is pushing, pushing, pushing. cnn is live as the 31 nations meet. and why special counsel is accusing donald trump s right-hand man of trying to delay the prosecution of him. and the once in a thousand year rainfall behind devastating flooding in parts of america ears noamerica s northeast, trapping drivers in cars and on roads and forcing some to swim to safety. we start today with our word lead. the president in lithuania with one goal on his list unity. ukraine will be the main focus of the two-day meeting but for a group that has been, frankly, stunningly united, there are public fractures in the alliance starting to emerge, ones president biden will have to fix over the next few days, mainly overs decision to send cluster bombs to the front line, one that has been banned by most of the allies who will be sitting around president biden at that table in lithuania. they will have to decide when and how they will let ukraine join
in a hearing that lasted just a few minutes, he pleaded not guilty to six counts laid out in last month s indictment. those charges include conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, and making false statements. upon leaving the courthouse, nauta made no comments. do you have anything else to say? anything to say? anything to say about today s appearance, mr. nauta? his arraignment comes a day after a federal judge is more of the affidavit you slap it last summer to search mar-a-lago. it survived surveillance footage showing nauta levine dozens of boxes in and out of the storage room days before investigators arrived to collect sensitive records still in trump s possession. also tonight, the washington post reports the federal prosecutors on this case are now facing increasing threats, including substantial harassment threats online and elsewhere, according to extremism experts, and a government official familiar with the matter. meanwhile, we re