DOJ has a team of 'very seasoned prosecutors' probing Trump and they are 'on a path' to charge the former president in a month, Ex-federal prosecutor predicts
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- A former federal prosecutor said the DOJ is "on a path" to charge former President Donald Trump.
- Former US Attorney Preey Bharara said he thinks Trump may face charges in as little as one month.
- The DOJ assigned a team of "very seasoned" legal investigators to investigate Trump, Bharara said.
A former federal prosecutor said that the DOJ has a team of "seasoned" prosecutors who are "on a path" to charging former President Donald Trump.
Preet Bharara said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that a team of "very seasoned" federal legal investigators was assigned to investigate Trump in connection with two criminal cases and that Trump may be facing charges within one month. Federal investigators are looking into Trump's actions leading up to the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021, and his alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home.
"I don't think they would've left their former positions, both in government and private practice, unless there was a serious possibility that the Justice Department was on a path to charge," said Bharara. "And I think it'll happen in a month."
Bharara, a former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the government "generally do not proceed" in charging cases "unless you have a great likelihood of success."
Bharara said he thinks the government could have a good case against Trump.
"I think you want to have an exceptionally strong case," Bharara said on "Meet the Press." "To show not just the jury in the case but the public at large that it was a righteous case, it was a meritorious case and you have the goods."