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
A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Erin. Throughout the day we saw the president several times, the first time in the oval office with the italian Prime Minister asked questions about what is he talking about exactly with Conflicts Of Interest with bob mueller. He did not answer questions there. He did not answer our questions in the east room later on after that News Conference and he didnt answer questions later on again in the oval office. He clearly does not want to talk about publicly on camera about bob mueller. Erin, that does not mean he is not thinking about him and tweeting about him. There is one thing thats clear, it is its clear that bob mueller is in his head as this trial of Paul Manafort perhaps begins tomorrow, that may be the reason, there may be other reasons, but its clear the president wants to talk about this in a controlled environment of saying things online. Does not want to be asked about it. This anger and rage, erin, is more strategy tha
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?
those releases, et cetera. that s actually the criminal charge there. i think that beyond that, i mean, rudy giuliani s a smart lawyer, he s been around a long time, he knows that that is a crime and i m sure he s read those indictments. beyond that, what is he trying to accomplish there? it s not the first time i have heard that kind of prepreemptive argument from trump loyalists president trump himself, you ll remember, when the trump tower meeting was first revealed a year ago raised this trial balloon saying, listen, anybody would get opposition research against their opponent, regardless of the source. that, frankly, doesn t stand up to the facts because there are laws against accepting material support from foreigners, which is what this would amount to. it s hard to say what rudy giuliani s trying to accomplish here, but i just try to stick to what the facts are on the law from hearing from smart lawyers. they say forget about collusion, talk about conspiracy and and t