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Counsel bob bauer to represent him in this documents case. as all of this is going, on the president is also planning to make his state of the union address before and gop led house. he will be giving that speech on february 7th. with that lets get smarter with the help of early enough battle. its one of my favorites, john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news, professor melissa murray of nyu law school, a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination t...

Broke, obviously. this is likely not to be resolved quickly. do you sense that there is a circling of the wagons that both the white house and democrats are starting to get a handle on what theyre message should be. because it is been kind of messy. >> well it is certainly an assessment period. lets be clear, there is no good timing to have a special counsel investigation launched upon your white house. there is no good timing for that. yes, the folks inside of the white house were feeling like ...

Partner at moore hall in atlanta. good to have you on, michael. >> good to be with you. thank you. happy new year to you. >> to you as well. all right. so there are differences here, but picture yourself as one of trumps lawyers now defending him in this documents case. even though part of that is an obstruction case, not just the handling of the documents, as a practical legal matter does it help his defense team? >> well, its going to help in some way because it gives them one argument. i dont...

Lawless action. at the legal threshold. that statute. for something like obstruction of an official proceeding, i think that is much more. straightforward the current case moving all over in the d.c. circus court right now looking at what constitutes an obsession obstruction of an official proceeding. is it a document. is an actual event? i think you can get around that with trump. if you just focus on the documents and focus on the -- all of those parts are really coming together now in a way t...

Years he got away with little or no taxes. it is clear wrongdoings, but its an important piece of trumps larger financial puzzle. officials in new york already spent years investing into finances as well -- as just a few weeks, ago the trump organization is convicted of tax fraud by attorney melvin -- letitia james has a separate case. in september, james filed are under sweeping lost against trump, three children, and the trump organization. alleging that they often -- the value of their assets...

Because heres the thing. weve been talking about the taxes and we said did he commit attacks crime? i dont think thats the best question to be asking. the best question is is this a good example of how he defrauded the public? as one of the january six deferrals. i think that is notable now because essentially he did the exact same thing that we are accusing george santos of doing, misrepresenting who you are in order to gain elected office and raise money for that purpose. so i think that all o...

Point. i blankly asked, him did he killed these four college students? and he said no. he said he didnt actually ask him that. question but then he thinks he is going to be exonerated in this case. he says that his client mentioned that he was in washington. which is about ten miles from the university of idaho. and he says that he was in the area, and acknowledge. that but says that he had nothing to do with these murders. betty. >> nbcs dana griffin, thank you so much for your reporting. appre...

There i certainly have lived it. but, it is something that really matters. if we are going to actually write the course where we are going here as a nation. >> profound words, right. theyre okay, lets head south with the next topic, everyone is when you talk about the new report in the new york times. goes inside mar-a-lago where thousands partied near secret files. the times investigation gives a deeper look at how donald trump stored classified documents in a high traffic area add to mar-a-lag...

Of any case they bring honestly is going to be in these witnesses that theyve just started to get. that the committee never heard from because they refused to testify and it took this litigation about judge howell to get through these privilege claims that were being made. and so now doj is getting at some of these people who refused to testify. and these are the people who were in the room with donald trump and have the evidence about his knowledge and intent. so i suspect that what the committ...

Donald trump sanctioned tax fraud. that is what the evidence showed. it was interesting to hear alvin bragg say that. it sounds like he is feeling emboldened to take the next step and see whether or not they can improve other kinds of business fraud, including charges against donald trump himself. >> i would love to see alvin bragg take a little bit more proactive action, i think, involving donald trump individually. because i have you here and because i completely respect your opinion, i have a...