'Better than Mark Meadows': Aide by Trump's side on Jan. 6 could be key Jack Smith witnessA little-known Donald Trump aide could provide a major boost to special counsel Jack Smith in his investigation of the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a legal expert said Thursday.
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said during an appearance on “Alex Wagner Tonight” that William Russell, who testified before Smith’s grand jury on Thursday, could provide Smith more details than some of the more high-profile witnesses.
Russell has remained in Trump’s orbit after serving as White House special assistant. He remained personal aide for Trump after the former president left office.
“William Russell really seems to know a lot about almost everything. So what was he doing with the grand jury today? And what can that tell us about where this whole investigation stands?” Wagner asked.
“It tells you it's at this point where I think we’re very much at the end stage, but to your point, he's that sort of natural person to make sure you’ve sort of gone through everything he knows because he is there with the former president day in and day out so in some ways, it's even better than Mark Meadows,” Weissman said.
“Plus he’s sort of a more junior person, so you might, ‘might’ I stress, get a more candid version of what happened.”
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