Now former President Trump had until today to appear before Special Counsel Jacksmith's grand jury to tell his side of the story.

As far as we know, that has not

happened.

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but someone else did speak with the special counsel's grand jury today.

He is not a household name.

The House January 6th Committee never even interviewed him.

But clearly, this individual was in a position to know some things.

His name is William Russell.

The only photos we have of Mr. William Russell are ones where he's in the

background of Trump events and that makes sense because Mr Russell was what is

known in the political world as an advance man.

His job was to coordinate President Trump's movements, his literal movements,

from one location to another, and to go ahead of the president to make sure everything was set up.

He went in advance of Trump, thus an advance man.

And that makes William Russell a potentially huge witness when it comes to January 6th.

Here was Russell with President Trump and Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows,

on January 6th in the tent at the ellipse before Trump's big speech that day.

You might remember from the House January 6th investigation that there was drama in that tent

before Trump went on stage.

Trump was angry that the crowd was too small.

He was mad that security was turning people away

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