Because the discussion wasn t the typical discussion. hold that thought for a moment. we have the post herfrom donald trump on truth cial. he writes, my attorneys had a productive meeting with the doj this morning, explaining in detail that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers, and that an indictment of me would only further destroy our country. no indication of notice was given during the meeting. do not trust the fake news on anything. okay. what do you make of this statement coming from the former president saying that he has spoken to many lawyers, that he did nothing wrong, arguing an indictment would only go further in destroying our country. how does that shape a prosecution? a couple things. one thing, it doesn t shape the defense. i have to think that trump s lawyers know, no matter what they tell him, he will give a version of that on truth social.
Like former vice president mike pence testifying specifically about his conversations with donald trump with other things that he was witnessing up to and even on january 6th. and then in the last week or so, we have really been at the end game here. july 16th is the day that donald trump received the target letter saying he is likely to be charged in this case. last week the grand jury was in twice hearing from witnesses, even bringing back a witness they had heard from before. now after taking a day off, the grand jury has convened again. prosecutors, as that meeting appeared to be wrapping one the special counsel s office, and trump s lawyers, prosecutors started to come to the courthouse. the grand jury, they re done with their lunch break already. they even had lunch early today. now we are watching to see if any other activity emerges from the courthouse. and if an indictment is presented to them and goes through the approval process before a federal judge. it s important to st
So one thing that i suspect is that what we re getting is a reflection of some of the thing his lawyers told him. from a prosecution s perspective, they have to be concerned that trump s strategy will be to try to hang the jury by shaping public opinion against the prosecution and potentially, they have to be concerned about violence, about another attempt to incite people, whether to attack the courthouse or congress or something else. they have to at least be concerned about that. and i think there are certainly security measures that are going to be in place, that will try to ensure that. i suspect that won t happen. it didn t happen in manhattan when trump encouraged people to come protest. there wasn t much of a turnout. obviously, security will be top of mind in the nation s capital. you noticed it wasthat.
Facts as you just did. he lost the election and then attempted to overturn it based on false claims of fraud. why might his lawyers hold this meeting now? reporter: a couple different reasons. one, they re given the opportunity to. this is the sort of thing, the sort of meeting that happens after a defendant or a potential defendant gets a target letter indicating they re likely to be charged. and defense lawyers often want to take the opportunity to make their case to the justice department and say, we re going to fight you to trial and these are the sorts of thing we want to fight on. in this situation, this january 6th investigation, this is a very different case than even the two cases where donald trump has been charged criminally in new york state and in florida federally. because he was president at the time. there are all kinds of issues the court may need to deal with.
And he was also receiving conversations and advice from lawyers who he had employed. so all of that could be something that they re talking about as well as what i mentioned before, that request to potentially delay things, or at least the trump lawyers want to try to delay things. history may be made in those walls behind you. i go to kristin holmes now outside the golf club. trump was initially opposed to having this meeting, based in part on his belief that it would happen anyway. why the change? why did he send his lawyers in today? reporter: well, as she outlined, given the opportunity, the lawyers thought this would be the best thing for them to do. i am told this meeting lasted about an hour. as she said, they came out without any indication or notification of when or if an indictment would come. that is notable. trump s team has been saying