Hi there everyone, it's Vorkarkin the East. It's right there. Plain is day cutting right

to the heart of Donald Trump's pattern of alleged criminality.

Quote, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me in the Republican

congressman. The other end of that December 2020 conversation, former senior justice

department official Richard Donahue. NBC News has confirmed that Donahue, a key figure

in any investigation into these events, recently spoke to the office of special counsel Jack

Smith, although we understand he has not been called to testify before the grand jury.

That is of note as the American people brace for another potential indictment of Donald

Trump. It could come today, it could come in two days, it could come in two weeks. The

secretive nature of these proceedings means your guess on the timing of any indictment

is as good as ours. But we do know for sure that while the grand jury hearing evidence

and testimony in the January 6th investigation has been meeting on two days and Thursdays,

so far they have not met today. We don't know what that means, but we share it anyway.

In the meantime, Jack Smith appears to have already navigated his way through many

of what could be considered primary witnesses to potential criminality in the lead up to

in on January 6th. Take Richard Donahue, who we mentioned, an essential voice for any potential

prosecution related to the aftermath of the November 2020 election. What Trump told

him to do was to essentially fraudulently overturn a US election without any evidence. You

wanted his DOJ brass to publicly quote, just say the election was corrupt and then leave

the rest to me in the Republican congressman. And it likely only scratches the surface

of what a witness like Donahue could provide Jack Smith. We spoke yesterday about a likely

linchpin and any prosecution brought by Jack Smith in this area, proving that Trump and

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