Hi there everyone it's 4 o'clock in New York. Here we go. Signs today that Special Counsel

Jack Smith's classified documents probe is entering its final chapter with the possibility

of a truly unprecedented moment in American history looming ahead. The possible indictment

of a former president by the government he once ran and once again seeks to lead. The Wall

Street Journal is today reporting this that special counsel Jack Smith has all but finished

obtaining testimony and other evidence in his criminal investigation into whether former

president Donald Trump mishandled classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort that is

according to people familiar with the matter. Some of Trump's close associates are bracing

for his indictment and anticipate being able to fundraise off of prosecution. People in

the former president circle said as clashes within the Trump legal team have led to the departure

of a key lawyer. The Wall Street Journal goes on to report that Jack Smith appears to be quote tying

up loose ends. Here's more from the journal reporting quote. In recent weeks prosecutors working

for Smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at Trump's Florida home from top

political aides to maids and maintenance staff. Prosecutors have pressed witnesses some in multiple

rounds of testimony on questions that appear to home in on special specific elements. Smith's

team would need to show to prove a crime including those that speak to Trump's intentions and questions

aimed at undermining potential defenses that Trump could raise. Whether Jack Smith has decided to

charge Donald Trump is unknown at this hour but is reporting over the last few months reveals the

special counsel has assembled a mountain of evidence on whether Trump tried to obstruct the inquiry

by holding on to classified documents even after being served a subpoena ordering him to turn

them over. Much of that evidence also appears to obliterate many of the arguments Trump has been

making publicly including his claim that he could declassify documents even by thinking about it.

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