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Situation as a result of this alleged conduct harm came to the united states. thats a serious matter. >> what about this, that this is obviously alleging this 49-page indictment that the documents contained defense and weapons capabilities of both the u.s. and foreign countries, united states nuclear program, potential vulnerabilities united states and its allies to military attack and plans for retaliation and response to foreign attacks. and the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents ...

Countries. he put at risk material from our satellites that would reveal the resolution of our satellites. all of these are about as sensitive material as we have in the u.s. government. and these related to the military capabilities of foreign countries. this is not gossip. this is not high level gossip. this is about our ability to protect ourselves and our allies. one cannot imagine a collection of more valuable informa than those that donald trump considered his trophies. >> when people say,...

The justice system, or in the court process. >> yes. it would be difficult to provide the type of documentary evidence that is necessary in order to prosecute this case. i think the government, for example, 31 documents, the broad sweep of the most highly classified, highly sensitive, and the most strategic intelligence would be national security. this is the type of documents that go to a president. its not things that are not really substantial. these are things that are most significant, most...

And now they denied the cuba spy center. were you aware of the cuba spy center when you were director of national intelligence for donald trump? >> well, there wasnt one, maria. thats where, you know, this idea that this existed during the trump administration is just what they did with the pie balloon. they tried to say -- spy balloon. they tried to say, well, it happened, but it also happened during the trump administration. [laughter] look, you know, we took an incredible inventory of china a...

Could be a circus. so its super important that everybody understands the facets of this case as widely as possible. the indictment unsealed on friday stems from trumps efforts to retain hundreds of documents at mar-a-lago after leaving the white house. contrary to most sleep inducing legal documents, this one is actually pretty retain. the indictment includes text messages, wildly hypocritical quotes from trump in 2016 about his supposed respect for classified information, and it even has an ite...

And stark, accusing trump of illegally keeping highly clas classified government documents on americas nuclear secrets and military vulnerabilities among others in unsecured areas of his resort and conspireing with an aide who is also charged to hide some of those boxes from his own lawyers to prevent them from fully complying with a federal subpoena. here with me is the chairman of the house judiciary committee, jim jordan. thank you for joining me this morning, sir. the indictment does say -- ...

From the indictment are the different levels of the classifications of the top secret documents, documents that werent supposed to be provided to foreign governments, only supposed to be shared with our closest allies and military capabilities of other countries so stuff that is really defined as causing exceptionally grave damage to the united states. if it were to be revealed. and so that is why two of the anecdotes that are provided in the indictment where the former president is alleged to h...

Countries. documents concerning nuclear capabilities of a foreign country. document concerning nuclear weaponry of the united states. its not just that trump had them, is that he kept them and he refused to give them back. these are some of the countrys most secrets, sensitive secrets. the question is, why were they so valuable to donald trump? joining me now is former cia director, john brennan. i just want to start with the fact that in this, in the indictment, it outlines in summarizes 31 spe...

>> i think that he what i think politically he feels he has to say. i have to tell you the indictments itself as trumps former attorney general bill barr said is quote unquote very damning. it lays out in excruciating detail the nature of the documents that have been knowingly withheld and then how trump has obstructed justice in trying to hide, move, and in some cases asking them to be destroyed. and these are documents detail defensive capabilities of the u.s. and its allies. there are vulnera...

Between bad judgment and breaking the law. and especially the federal police apparatus, when it conflates the two it is a threat to liberty for every american where every misjudgment is treated as a violation of law. what really matters is relevant law including by the way how judge jackson interpreted the presidential records act in 2012 in the clinton sock drawer case. not a single allegation means that indictment is a politicized document. that is why i want to get to the bottom of the politi...