Trump says he was told to report to grand jury in 4 days on Jan. 6 probe

WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT A FINAL DEAL WILL LOOK LIKE AND AN AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN MAN AND HIS DOG ARE RESCUED AFTER MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AT SEA. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE SPECIALLY APPOINTED COUNSEL BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LOOKING INTO THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6. HE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE LETTER WAS DELIVERED SUNDAY AND IT INSTRUCTS HIM TO APPEAR BEFORE THE GRAND JURY ON THURSDAY. HE SAID HE BELIEVES THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ARREST AND INDICTMENT ON FEDERAL CHARGES. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS INVESTIGATING TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO UNDO THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND AS YOU REMEMBER HE IS LEADING THE CRIMINAL CASE ACCUSING THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN FLORIDA. JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS GRAHAM FIRST. WAK US THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TARGET LETTER. >> Reporter: TRUMP WAS ACCURATE WITH OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LETTING YOU KNOW YOU ARE THE PERSON BEING INVESTIGATED BY A GRAND JURY AND IT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE INDICTED, BUT HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NOW AT THIS POINT TWICE BEFORE WHEN HE GETS A TARGET LETTER AND TWICE BEFORE IT HAS HAPPENED WHERE HE ENDED UP VERY SOON AFTER BEING INDICTED. THAT IS WHAT HE HAS INDICATED HE IS EXPECTING AND THE HISTORY IS THIS MAY BE SOMETHING HAPPENING SOON. >> I WILL BRING IN CHRISTIAN AND YOU ARE IN FLORIDA WHERE THERE IS A PRETRIAL HAPPENIG FOR THE FIRST FEDERAL CASE, ONE ABOUT THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY AND ALSO WHY ALL EYES ARE ON THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER THE CASE. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST PRETRIAL HEARING IN RELATION TO THIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE TAKING PLACE NOT JUST AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT HIS AID AND WE AREN'T EXPECTING TRUMP OR THE AID TO BE HERE BUT ATTORNEYS FROM BOTH SIDES WILL BE HERE AND THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE, EILEEN CANNON, WHY IS SHE CONTROVERSIAL? LAST YEAR SHE RULED IN FAVOR OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT SIGNING A SPECIAL MASTER IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IN A SEARCH THAT WAS EVENTUALLY OVERRULED BY A THREE-JUDGE PANEL AND ALL OF THIS WIDELY PANNED BY SOME LEGAL EXPERTS OUT THERE AND ALSO SEEN AS PREFERENTIAL TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHICH IS WHY ALL EYES ARE ON HOW SHE COULD RULE TODAY. AT ISSUE TODAY IS IN 1980 LOT KNOWN AS THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION'S PROCEDURES ACT WHICH COVERS HOW CLASSIFIED EVIDENCE CAN BE USED IN TRIAL ESSENTIALLY BALANCING NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE THE -- SECURITY CONCERNS ON ONE HAND AND THE DEFENDANT'S DUE PROCESS ON THE OTHER. WE COULD ALSO GET A SENSE OF WHEN THIS TRIAL COULD START. THEY ARE ASKING THE DATE FOR THE TRIAL TO BE MOVED FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TEAM IS ASKING FOR THIS TO BE DELAYED INDEFINITELY. THIS IS PAST NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. SO WE ARE WATCHING TO SEE HOW JUDGE EILEEN CANNON IS GOING TO RLE HERE GIVEN HER PAST ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED OR WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. >> THE FACT THAT SHE WAS APPOINTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING UP. AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO ON REPORTING AND LET'S BRING YOU BACK IN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE BELIEVES THE LETTER FROM JACK SMITH MEANS AN ARREST AND INDICTMENT AND DO YOU AGREE AND YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT NOT NECESSARILY BUT ALSO WALK US THROUGH WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTS OF THIS CASE FOR THIS INVESTIGATION? >> ONE OF THE REASONS TO DO THIS IS TO GIVE THE POTENTIAL DEFENDANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE GRAND JURY THEMSELVES AND ALMOST NOBODY TAKES THAT OFFER UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY AFFORDED ANY PROTECTION AND YOUR LAWYER DOESN'T GET TO BE WITH YOU IF YOU ADDRESS THE GRAND JURY. BUT HE HAS GOTTEN THESE LETTERS THREE TIMES NOW. THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES, THE FIRST STATE CHARGES IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE SECOND FOR THE FEDERAL CASE DEADLINE IN MIAMI AND NOW THIS NEW FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. HE KIND OF KNOWS THE PROCESS NOW AND IN A WAY HE DIDN'T KNOW IT BACK IN MARCH WHEN HE WAS FIRST INDICTED. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN HE WILL BE INDICTED AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE INDICTMENT IS DAYS AWAY, BUT IT IS OFTEN ONE OF THE LAST STEPS BEFORE AN INDICTMENT IS REACHED. SO PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL READ THE TEA LEAVES AND SO IS HE TO

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Keywords: donald trump, jan. 6, jack smith

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Length: 5min 10sec (310 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 18 2023