Former Trump attorney believes indictment decision is imminent

>>> WELCOME BACK TO AMERICA DECIDES. AS THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUE, A FORMER MEMBER OF TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM SAT DOWN WITH CBS NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. WE SPOKE TO FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY AND CATHRYN IS HERE NOW. HE HASN'T BEEN PART OF THE LEGAL TEAM SINCE MIDMAY. >> JUST A FEW WEEKS. >> HE HAD INSIGHTS. >> HE DID. GOOD AFTERNOON. HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THE FLORIDA GRAND JURY IS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND REFLECTS AN ERROR BY THE BIDEN SPECIAL TEAM BECAUSE A GRAND JURY HAS BEEN MEETING TO HEAR TESTIMONY. IF CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT HE SAID HE BELIEVES SOME WILL BE FILED IN FLORIDA. >> THE FLORIDA HAS THE BETTER VENUE. IF YOU BRING IT IN DC YOU ARE GIVING A VERY BIG JUICY MOTION TO DISMISS? >> WHY. >> THERE'S NO ALLEGATIONS OF ANY WRONGDOING THAT'S CONNECTED TO DC OR HAPPENED IN DC. THE GOVERNMENT MOVED ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO MAR-A-LAGO. ONCE HE BECAME A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WHATEVER HAPPENED AFTER THAT, IF THERE -- THEY SAY THERE IS RETENTION, YOU KNOW WHATEVER THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THEY SAY THAT THERE IS OBSTRUCTION, WHATEVER THE EVIDENCE SHOWS. ALL OF THAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA. NOTHING HAPPENED IN DC. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY NEXUS ARGUMENT AS TO ANY OVERT ACT THAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A CASE IN WASHINGTON. >> WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN FLORIDA. >> IT WOULD HAVE TOO. >> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE YOU HAVE SEEN. >> YES. >> BASED ON THE MONDAY MEETING BETWEEN THE TRUMP ATTORNEYS AND SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, HE BELIEVES THAT A CHARGING DECISION IS IMMINENT. TWO SOURCES CLOSE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAY HE IS PREPARING HIMSELF FOR A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT. >> THAT'S QUITE SOMETHING. HE IS A FORMER ATTORNEY BUT SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST WHAT THE LEGAL TEAM IS LIKELY TO DO NEXT. WHAT IS HE FORECASTING? >> HE SAID TO US THAT IF THERE IS AN INDICTMENT THEY HAVE A WELL DEVELOPED RESPONSE PLAN IN PLACE INCLUDING A MOTION TO DISMISS. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR WHEN YOU LEFT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S <font color="#FF00FF">EGAL TEAM ACT TWO WEEKS AGO </font> THERE WAS A PLAN IN PLACE IF HE WERE INDICTED. >> SURE. SURE. ANY ATTORNEY IN THAT SITUATION WOULD WANT TO HAVE A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE. I HAVE EVERY FAITH IN JIM AND JOHN AND LINDSEY TO EXECUTE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. >> WHEN YOU LEFT IN MIDMAY WAS PART THAT HAVE PLAN TO FILE MOTIONS TO DISMISS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT? >> I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE PLANS WERE. I'M SURE THAT THOSE PLANS HAVE CHANGED SINCE. YEAH. PROSECUTAL MISCONDUCT IS A BIG ISSUE IN THIS CASE. >> DURING HIS TESTIMONY TO THE GRAND JURY, HE ALLEGES THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CROSSED THE LINE INCLUDING ON MATTERS OF ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THESE ALLEGATIONS TO CBS NEWS. >> WE HEAR THE WORDS IMMINENT USED. CHARGES COULD BE IMMINENT. I KNOW THERE'S A DEFINITION TO THAT WORD BUT IT'S USED MORE LOOSELY IN WASHINGTON. >> BASED ON OUR REPORTING HERE, WHEN PEOPLE SAY ITS IMMINENT THEY ARE TALKING WITH IN WEEKS BUT THERE'S A SENSE THAT THIS CASE IS ON THE RIM AND IT COULD MOVE VERY QUICKLY EVEN IN A MATTER OF DAYS. >> I THINK IT'S WORTH SAYING THE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILING IN WASHINGTON AND THE FEDERAL SYSTEM AND FILING ONE IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT CONTRAST. >> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE LAWYER HE IS MAKING THE CASE AND HE HAS SEEN A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE THAT IT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO BRING CHARGES IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT OBSTRUCTION OR THE UNLAWFUL RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION TO DO IT SORT OF AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WHICH IS IN FLORIDA. NOT IN WASHINGTON D.C. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT IF CHARGES WERE BROUGHT IN WASHINGTON THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM WOULD MOVE TO DISMISS. FINAL THING I THINK IS WHEN YOU START TO CONSIDER THE JURY POOL. THAT I THINK HAS TO BE IN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S MIND IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT DECISION AND WEIGHING IT. >> WE HAVE SEEN THE JURY BE IMPORTANT IN THE JANUARY 6th CASE WHERE DC JURIES HAVE TRULY CONVICTED EVERY SINGLE DEFENDANT TO GO TO TRIAL. CERTAINLY THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM IS A WARE OF WHERE THE JURORS ARE AND WHO THEY COULD

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Keywords: Donald Trump, Politics, United States Department of Justice

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Length: 4min 47sec (287 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 07 2023