CNN hosts were captivated by the sight of Special Counsel Jack Smith leaving a local Subway restaurant after sending a letter to former President Donald Trump, informing him that he is the target of a grand jury investigation.
During a segment on "Inside Politics," host Dana Bash drew attention to CNN correspondent Evan Perez's "exclusive" footage of Smith exiting the Subway while refusing to answer reporter questions. Speaking with Perez, Bash emphasized the significance of the scene's imagery in contrast to Trump.
"What is important is the imagery here. They clearly wanted us to see him and that image to be very different from what we saw in the former president's post, which is that he's a deranged individual," Bash remarked.
Bash's comment referred to Trump's post on Truth Social, where he attacked Smith for notifying him of the Justice Department's investigation into the January 6th riot.
"Deranged Jack Smith, prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again it was a Sunday night!) stating that I am the TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury Investigation, and giving me a very short four days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an arrest an indictment," Trump wrote.
Perez provided a more detailed account of Smith's lunch, although he admitted that he couldn't determine whether Smith ordered a footlong or a six-inch sub.
"Yeah. I mean, look, you can, I can count probably five or six sandwich shops between his office and that location that he was at earlier today. He stood in line like everybody else, and I couldn't tell whether it was a footlong or a six-inch sub, but look, I mean, we now are on watch for when this potential indictment is coming," Perez explained.
The discussion about Smith's visit to Subway continued on "CNN News Central," where correspondent John King described it as a "message" to Trump.
"Jack Smith going to Subway today is a message to Donald Trump. Donald Trump tries to intimidate people, he bullies people, he tries to scare you away. That was Jack Smith with no words and a simple $5 sub in his hand saying 'I'm not going anywhere,'" King asserted.
"Yeah, the imagery was intentional and spoke volumes," Bash concurred.
A government source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to Fox News that Special Counsel Jack Smith's office had sent Trump a target letter. This new development suggests that Trump could face another indictment.
Smith's previous investigation into Trump's alleged retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence resulted in the former president's second indictment.
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