time to consider the charges against donald trump and make up your own mind, what we tried to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and the cast of characters is made this is easily digestible and understandable as possible for lawyers and nonlawyers alike. we understand that there are various rationales for the decisions that were made by prosecutors and we tried to reveal those in this book. and again, as part of that educative mission we have tried in this hour to explain some of those choices and the implications of all of these delays in their we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hour-long special. we really appreciate it. i am melissa my. i am andrew wiseman. good night. am andrew wiseman. good night. a good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 200 85 days away from the election and you are in luck. tonight we have a very special nightcap we are going to get to in just a moment featuring an amazing lineup of stude
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the times adds, that includes the cost of protecting the staff that are carrying out the investigations. what was most fascinating and kind of most disturbing is that 1. 9 million of that money went to paying in the u.s. marshals to protect jack smith, his family, and prosecutors working on the case, many of whom had been named name checked on social media by donald trump and his supporters. people went out of their way to tell me that that number was rising rapidly as the almost $2 million to protect the department of justice, to make sure they are not harmed during this investigation. that is something. meanwhile, former nypd commissioner bernard kerik, you remember him, he worked with rudy giuliani to uncover what was alleged voter fraud, he has now turned over thousands of pages of documents to jack smith s office. and tonight former trump justice department official richard donahue told nbc s spoken to the special counsel s office. last year, he told the january 6t
watching for what special counsel jack smith does next in the investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. about a week ago, trump confirmed he was a target in smith s election interference probe. now, while we wait for news on a possible third trump indictment, we are getting a clearer picture of the scope of the investigations. the new york times now reporting that the justice department has been pouring resources into the trump investigations and the special counsel is now on track to spend a total of $25 million a year. the times adds, that includes the cost of protecting the staff that are carrying out the investigations. what was most fascinating and kind of most disturbing is that 1.9 million of that money went to paying in the u.s. marshals to protect jack smith, his family, and prosecutors working on the case, many of whom had been named name checked on social media by donald trump and his supporters. people went out of
washington where a grand jury has been hearing testimony regarding efforts to overturn the 2020 election. nbc news has confirmed that the target letters sent to former president donald trump from special counsel jack smith includes three federal statutes relating to deprivation of rights, conspiracy to defraud the united states and tampering with a witness. the former lead investigator for the january 6th select committee reacted to those statutes earlier today. find something all along has been from the time we conclude our work in turnover materials to the special counsel to today that the 15 12 tampering with a witness statute, which is really obstruction of the official proceedings. would fit within that statute. that is likely to lead count. notably, the target letter did not include any statutes relating to the incitement of the actual attack on the capital. on january 6th. special counsel jack smith visited the federal courthouse where the grand jury has been meeting