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of mar-a-lago. but they chose to do that only in recent weeks, which tells us a lot. it tells us they are near a decision to bring possible charges against the former president. obviously, jack smith, the special counsel, works under attorney general merrick garland, who could at the last minute decide to intervene. but what this tells us a lot and the reason why you see the trump lawyers very concerned is that this signals that the special counsel is heading towards an indictment and the question is when that indictment might come, who else might be under it, and certainly the former president should believe that, you know, at this point he has the option to go to the prosecutors and say he wants to speak to the grand jury to present his own evidence and to try to persuade them at the last minute that they should not bring that case. we do not expect that donald trump will do that, jake. no, we don t. katelyn, the special counsel s enlisted a second grand jury, this one in
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
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very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today president biden taking that state of the union message to the battleground state of wisconsin. it s part of a two-day swing where he will be touting his administration s accomplishments and also which of course were laid out during last night s address. sounds like the start of a campaign. president biden s speech set the stage for a likely 2024 bid. he vowed to, quote, finish the job. while making a point to call for unity and bipartisanship, asking to work with republicans even as he sparred with a handful of republican lawmakers on a number of topics. instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some republicans, some republicans, want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. i m not politely not naming them, but it s being proposed by some of you. look so, folks, as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off off the books now,