Meet the Press NOW — August 1

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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A grand jury finished weighing a potential criminal indictment of former President Trump in the special counsel’s investigation into 2020 election interference. Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam breaks down what charges an indictment could contain. Democrats and Republicans are closely watching how the issue of abortion plays out in Ohio. House Republicans continue to pursue their investigation into Hunter Biden. The Biden administration still sees a narrow window of opportunity to reverse the attempted military coup in Niger. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:12.0	I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where we are keeping a close eye right now on both the district courthouse and the special counsel's office.
0:18.7	The grand jury weighing a potential criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump in the special counsel's office. The grand jury weighing a potential criminal indictment
0:20.9	of former President Donald Trump
0:22.4	in the special counsel's investigation
0:24.3	into 2020 election interference
0:26.2	appears to a finish meeting for the day.
0:29.0	The jurors were seen leaving the courthouse
0:30.6	about two hours ago.
0:32.4	Special counsel Jack Smith's vehicle
0:33.9	was then spotted arriving back at his office
0:36.1	about a half hour after those grand
0:38.2	jurors left. The former president posted on social media yesterday that an indictment could come any
0:42.9	day now. That came after Mr. Trump spoke to supporters over the weekend, suggesting that he would
0:47.6	welcome any charges brought by special counsel. Jack Smith, listen.
0:52.0	Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxist, communists, and fascists indict me, I consider
0:59.4	it actually a great badge of honor. I do. It's a great badge of honor because I'm being
1:05.4	indicted for you.
1:08.7	And yet, Mr. Trump's mounting legal troubles are creating very real financial problems for his political operation.
1:15.4	According to new FEC filings, his Save America pack has spent nearly twice as much money as it brought in during the first six months of the year, spending more than $20 million on legal fees alone.
1:26.0	And MAGA, Inc., a super PAC supporting Mr. Trump, spent $38 million during that time period after bringing in just $14.8 million. Roughly one-third of that spending came for money MAGA Inc. gave to help shore up the financial situation at Save America Pack. I'm joined now by NBC's Julia Ainsley, who covers the Justice Department,
1:44.9	NBC's Garrett Haake, who covers the Trump campaign, NBC News, senior political editor Mark
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