attorney harry litman, what would you expect in that regard?, i expect he is going to mainly take what has been given him. it looks to be, this is the report anyway, jack smith, who is someone who has broad experience within the department of justice, in different offices, would be known to them, and i don't think he will want to reinvent the wheel. i don't think he will need to reinvent the wheel. >> so in terms of not reinventing the wheel, let's talk about what your knowledge is about, you know, ken was just talking about this, the volumes of evidence that already exist, the number of people who have already been spoken to, i mean just the breadth of this investigation is extraordinary. >> it is. and of course, it's not that huge a crime. it's more targeted, and there's one indication in particular they really were nearing a prosecutorial decision based on the people they have had on the grand jury. so this is something that's gone, if it's a two mile race, it's gone one and three quarter miles, to all appearsances, people were speculating t

it comes to us by way -- it's harry litman, is that you're saying? or i have harry litman.l. >> no, please. >> i'm like, oh, wow, okay. let me get your reaction. this is serious stuff that he's named this special counsel, again, for mar-a-lago case and key aspects of the january 6th investigation. >> very serious stuff. and it's triggered by the entry of donald trump into the presidential race because that entry means there's a conflict of interest for garland and the administration because taking trump down, even though they would do it anyway, even though it wouldn't change because they're going toward the finish line, means that it does biden and garland -- it helps them with their jobs. that is a conflict of interest. there are special counsel regulations for the department that says when there is a -- when there is a conflict of interest, you must appoint a special counsel when it's not in the public interest. garland obviously looked at the letter of the law and said, you know, look, there's really a conflict here and for public confidence in what we're doing, we now

attorney har harry litman, frank, you're here, i haven't seen you forever it seems, but we've talkedot on television. and off. so tell us what do you think is going on with this subpoena? are they ever going to see these records? >> it seems often when we talk, we're talking about delays and trump and his legal team, and he's done it again. the good news and bad news here, this lawsuit will likely outlive the length of the life of the committee, we understand that. when it comes to the documents, and that's what i'm focused on far more than testimony in person by donald trump, understand this, there are other ways to get your hands on communications. there are other people in those communications often, right? you go another supreme court as the supreme court allowed today, you can go to the phone call and ask what happened. there are other ways of getting their hands on this data, but it's another example of trump thumbing his nose at the rule of law. >> can you go to the phone calls or is that only with a judge on those kind of electronics. >> the committee and the doj can go and p

. >> andrew weissmann, paul butler, and harry litman, thank you very much for joining us on what is anight in the history of the investigations of donald trump. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. coming up, cassidy hutchinson testified this week in the criminal investigation on trump in georgia where jack smith will be evaluating for what is state and federal crimes that would be of interest to the justice department. >> andrew weissmann, paul butler, and harry litman, thank you very much for joining us on what is a historic night in the history of the investigations of donald trump. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. coming up, cassidy hutchinson testified this week in the criminal investigation on trump in georgia where jack smith will be evaluating for what is state and federal crimes that would be of interest to the justice department. wendy's funding will join us next. ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ i'm getting vaccinated with prevnar 20®. a pfizer vaccine! so am i. because i'm at risk for pneumococc

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