Transcript for Grand jury could reconvene Monday to hear testimony in Trump hush money investigation
- We begin with sources telling ABC News the grand jury weighing potential charges against former President Trump will not meet on the matter for the rest of the week. New York prosecutors have presented their case on Trump's role in a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels that happened ahead of the 2016 election. But now they could be close to deciding whether to indict a former president for the first time in history.
Chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl joins me live now for more. John, first Trump said he was going to be arrested on Tuesday. Then the grand jury was supposed to convene yesterday, last minute were told not to. And now they're saying we're convening, but we're not going to talk about this for the rest of the week. What's going on?
- Yeah, he wasn't arrested on Tuesday, by the way.
- No.
- Just FYI. And he was the only one who said that he was going to be. The grand jury is meeting but on another matter. You know, grand juries hear multiple cases. So this is at least going into next week. And given that we are told that they are likely to hear from at least one more witness, you know, it could be some time.
- How likely is an indictment looking at this point, and how significant would that be if it happens?
- Well, it'd be massively significant. We've never had a former president indicted for anything. You would have this spectacle of Donald Trump coming, turning himself in, being fingerprinted, mug shot, maybe even a perp walk of a former president. Just kind of mind-boggling. So in that sense, it's a huge thing.
But how likely is it? It's certainly-- the expectation is that it is likely to happen but no decision has been made, and the grand jury hasn't voted yet. So we have to wait.
- Now, Trump's also trying to block one of his attorneys from testifying before the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. Completely different case. What's the latest on that?
- Well, Trump tried to block that attorney from testifying. He lost at the court of this three-judge court of appeals panel, so that judge is going to be compelled to testify. That is, reminder here, potentially a much more significant case than this case by the Manhattan DA. I mean, we're talking about significant laws, including the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice. These are things where the penalty is 10 to 20 years behind bars, maximum sentence.
- And this is not the only legal issue Trump is facing. So what else are you watching?
- Yeah, you need almost like a bingo card here. I mean, there are so many different cases. We haven't mentioned January 6th.
There are two cases that are proceeding very quickly on January 6th, one in Georgia for Trump's alleged effort to interfere with the election in that state and then the special counsel's investigation of the January 6th Capitol attack-- attack on the Capitol and the events leading up to that. Those are both moving along very quickly. Next big battle on that is executive privilege. Will people like Mark Meadows and Vice President Pence be forced to testify?
DIANE MACEDO: Interesting. So much to keep track of, John. We appreciate you watching it all for us. Thank you.
- Thank you, Diane.
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