Legal expert 'increasingly confident' second federal Trump indictment coming soon

A legal expert said Friday that a published report indicating prosecutors have interviewed secretaries of state for Pennsylvania and New Mexico in recent months suggests a second federal indictment against Donald Trump is likely.

Legal analyst Lisa Rubin during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” was responding to a CNN report that special counsel Jack Smith is focusing on the seven battlegrounds that were key to Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over Trump.

Marshall Cohen and Maxime Tamsett write for CNN's website that "Smith’s team has sent subpoenas to local and state officials in all seven of the key states – Georgia, New Mexico, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – that were targeted by Trump and his allies and where Trump’s campaign convened the false electors as part of the effort to subvert the Electoral College."

Wagner asked Rubin about the timing of a potential second federal indictment, suggesting it could occur before Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis decides whether to indict Trump on allegations that he tried to interfere with the 2020 election in Georgia.

Willis earlier this year suggested a decision on whether to indict the former president would likely happen in August.

“I won't be as confident to say in the next 10 days, but I do think that the way that they've gone about this could be a signal of what they're going to do when we do see a January 6 indictment and I am increasingly confident that we will see one,” Rubin said.

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