Making some history, perhaps major leaguing donald trump the first former president to be indicted with a federal crime. Nbc news is reporting the Federal Grand Jury that has been hearing in evidence the Justice Departments investigation of former President Trumps handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in washington. Thats according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and Witness Testimony for months, but activity appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. That was based on observations at the courthouse and through sources. Another major sign that investigation could be close to wrapping up, trumps legal team was spotted at the Justice Department today. You can see them leaving shortly before noon. This was weeks after they requested a meeting with Merrick Garland to discuss this case. It is unclear who nay met with at doj, but the Wal
making some history, perhaps major leaguing donald trump the first former president to be indicted with a federal crime. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing in evidence the justice department s investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in washington. that s according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for months, but activity appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. that was based on observations at the courthouse and through sources. another major sign that investigation could be close to wrapping up, trump s legal team was spotted at the justice department today. you can see them leaving shortly before noon. this was weeks after they requested a meeting with merrick garland to discuss this case. it is unclear who nay met with at do
arguments as to why there should not be charges. here, especially if the reporting is about the attorney/client privilege, that s just never going to stop anyone from finding charges are appropriate, because here a judge has approved what it is that happened here. i should point out the current solicitor general of the united states work tond mueller investigation where the exact same thing was done in front of the exact same judge. i think that s going to be a loser and something they re arguing in order to make a political point here. so we really are seeing what i always view as the harbinger of, you know, cases being brought, so the exact same thing happened in manhattan. you see defense lawyers making an argument and you see charges. the open issue is where the charges will be brought and who, if anyone, may be charged
others beyond donald trump facing criminal charges coming down the pike here in the next week or two. i trust andrew s sources. i don t know if it will be this week or in the next two or three weeks ahead, but i do anticipate we ll see charges. pete, when you you and andrew talk about conspiracy. do you see outward facing signs that they re looking at conspiracy in the obstruction prong, if we can talk about this as a two-pronged probe like the mueller probe? because i remember at the time a lot of reporting from betsy and outlets like the new york times and the washington post about some of the decisions forced upon white house officials as trump sought to fire mueller and as trump people that there was always a little bit of a concern about being part of the conspiracy to obstruct that investigation. or do you see the outlines of a potential conspiracy prosecution on the mishandling as well?
people. so i m just going to push a little more and try to understand again what s obvious to you that may not be obvious to me or some of our viewers. when you see that the wall street journal is reporting that some evidence has been before a grand jury convened in florida, what does that indicate to you? well, i think that there s that makes sense, that you have parts of the investigation that are florida centered around mar-a-lago. the retention of the documents, the you know, the initial arrival of the documents. what trump did with those documents when he heard the federal authorities were looking for them. that s all a florida-centric thing. but you also have a d.c. grand jury looking into this as well. and that of course i think is underscored by donald trump s own admission at the cnn town hall last week which was that he made the decision to declassify these documents in washington, d.c. and why is that relevant, nicolle? it s relevant because prosecutors care a lot ab