Trump's team thought they were in the clear in classified docs case — here's why: Kaitlan Collins
June 07, 2023
Former President Donald Trump could be on the brink of an indictment for obstruction of justice and removal of classified information in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe, according to new reporting.
But until a few weeks ago, noted CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Situation Room," the Trump team actually thought they were home free on this case — because they expected the concurrent investigations of classified documents inadvertently removed and returned by President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence would muddy the waters, even though those cases had significantly different facts.
"How do you think Trump and his team are reacting to the second grand jury down in Florida?" asked anchor Wolf Blitzer.
"It is amazing how much of a shift there has been from Trump's legal team," said Collins. "They initially believed it was more serious. Then after Pence and Biden became embroiled in their own document issues, they seemed to think that they had an out. There is no way that they believed that Trump could be charged, considering his predecessor and former running mate had similar issues, even though they were very different on the obstruction issue."
However, said Collins, "that has changed in recent weeks."
"They are concerned about this," said Collins. "And seem to have this belief that Trump could be charged potentially in this. Trump is denying publicly online that he has been told he is going to be indicted, but there is definitely a sense of alarm in Trump's legal team over this."
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