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Washington Post: Manhattan DA convenes grand jury in Trump probe

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Washington Post reports that the Manhattan district attorney has convened a grand jury in the Trump criminal probe that’s expected to decide whether to indict former President Trump and other Trump organization officials. Daniel Goldman is a former federal prosecutor and a former assistant U.S. attorney. He tells Anderson Cooper that typically in fraud cases prosecutors believe they have a case against the defendant and “the grand jury will usually vote to indict.” Plus, memorial events and marches marked one year since George Floyd was murdered. His family and friends visited President Biden at the White House and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross joins AC360 to remember him and says “it’s been the hardest year of my life.” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening. We begin tonight with breaking news, a headline in the Washington Post signaling

0:04.8

so much more than just a few more inches of news copy.

0:07.6

It reads,

0:08.4

Prosecutor and Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence followed by three more

0:13.5

words,

0:14.5

way potential charges.

0:16.3

The post, citing two people familiar with the development reporting that the grand jury

0:20.2

and panel by Manhattan's district attorney is expected to decide if prosecutors request

0:25.4

it, whether to indict the former president, other executives that is company or the

0:29.6

business itself.

0:30.6

Joining us now, one of the reporters on the story, the post Jonathan O'Connor, Jonathan.

0:35.1

So explain exactly what you have learned about the existence and scope of this grand jury.

0:39.6

Well, the grand jury exists for more than just hearing about any evidence in the Trump case.

0:45.0

Obviously, this is a panel that will be reviewing a number of different cases over the time

0:50.0

that they're sitting.

0:52.0

You know, the main thing, the main takeaway I think here from the A's position is he wouldn't

0:55.5

be doing this if he didn't think he had some good evidence.

0:57.8

You know, he's been obviously, you know, Sy Vance, the Manhattan DA, has been looking at

1:01.8

evidence for a number of years now, same thing with the New York Attorney General,

1:05.6

Leticia James.

1:06.6

But this is really a sign that he feels like he has something enough that he might be able

1:10.8

to convince some jurors to bring some charges.

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