interfere in the 2020 election. the former president has already received a target letter that he says almost always mean an arrest or indictment is coming. marshall cohen joins with the latest details of the investigation. marshall? hey, jil. new reporting today that special counsel jack smith has contact georgia governor brian kemp as part of his investigation into the 2020 election aftermath. our colleague kaitlan collins confirmed that smith s team was in touch with governor kemp this week. now kemp s office is not saying much and the timing of a possible fbi interview or grand jury appearance is not clear right now. but governor kemp is a key figure in this investigation. that s because in 2020, donald trump privately and publicly pressured kemp to overturn the election in georgia. trump wanted kemp to interfere with the vote counting block certification of the results and convene a special session of the legislature to appoint fake electors. the special counsel is als
you re live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a new important step in the special counsel s investigation into former donald trump s election. a spokesperson for brian kemp confirms that jack smith s office has contacted kemp but declined to release any further details. you ll recall trump urged him to overturn the results after he narrowly lost the state to joe biden. marshall, the target letter has gone out to the former president. that means an indictment could come at any time. we thought it could happen late this past week, like yesterday, for example. maybe in the coming days here very shortly. is it a surprise, should it be a surprise that the special counsel is still talking to people like the governor of georgia as part of this case? i m not too surprised because there were so many people, jim, that were the target of donald trump s efforts in 2020 to overturn this election. so a lot of people to talk to. who they want to interview first and who they want to inter