'This is it': CNN legal expert says Trump documents probe has reached its endgame
CNN legal analyst Eli Honig said on Tuesday that he has little doubt the the investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of top-secret government documents has reached its endgame.
In breaking down the latest news about the investigation, Honig pointed to reports that special counsel Jack Smith was present at a Monday meeting with Trump's lawyers as evidence that a charging decision is coming very soon.
"The fact that Jack Smith was there is really important to me because that tells me that this is it," he said. "Jack Smith is the principal here. I don't think they're likely to give Trump's lawyers a meeting with the attorney general. That's unheard of... Jack Smith will have the crucial decision here... based on my experience, yes, it has to be ending soon. I'm not going to commit to when 'soon' is, but these meetings with defense lawyers happen at the very end."
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Honig also explained how these meetings between defense lawyers and prosecutors are common, although he cast doubt on the Trump lawyers' chances of success.
"Defense lawyers come in and pitch you," Honig said. "They basically say, 'Prosecutors, these problems with your case, here's why it's a bad idea for you to charge my client.' They don't work often but sometimes they can be useful for prosecutors. I've been talked out of very borderline cases on a few instances."
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