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Northern district of northern california. she joins me now. im always curious about how the crime and the cover-up relate to each other in terms of obstruction investigations. so theres some underlying misconduct that might be criminal. and theres conduct after the fact obscure it. how did prosecutors treat those in this kind of investigation? >> hi, chris. thank you so much for having me on tonight. as you mentioned in your lead in, the reporting is that representative is gaetz being looked int...

In florida. counselor, great to have you this morning. >> great to be here. >> as it pertains to this case, what would obstruction be, why is it important, and how would you prove it? >> good morning, john. obstruction would be telling a witness to mislead federal investigators engaged in an investigation. its punishable with up to 20 years in prison, so its a big deal. a lot of it has had to do with child trafficking. this shows you how broad the overall investigation is. its also about witness...

Here? >> the federal government would have to show that he used means of interstate commerce. the internet, telephone. thats easy. that he lured people across state lines for the purpose of committing a rape or crime against them. theres a very old statute from the 19th century called the man act. its seldom used. a crime to bring a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. theyre going to have to show that he had some pretty fe n nefarious plans. which if he believe the 80 people that made...

You cannot call yourself a conservative and support him. and the republican electorate voted for him anyway. ive never seen in any party somebody emerge with a nomination with not just less support from a party infrastructure, establishment but more overt hostility that should kill any -- >> fox news wasnt even on his side until the very end of the campaign. hold on. problematic stuff here of the if he sides and goes over and starts working with the democrats, given all the out rages and controv...

Tweeting out theyre now considering these terrorist incidents, matt. >> thats right. it would seem as though this would be kind of a definitive escalation in the police treatment of the situation. if theyre describing it now definitively as a terrorist incident, that must mean that they have an idea of who the perpetrator was and that theyre zeroing in on some level of what his motivation would be. i mean, obviously the thing that escalates this from a car accident to a malicious terror attack i...

I guess it has something to do with a pro life position. youre kidnapped, youre raped, its at least statutory. the young girl would bring no evidence against it. take her back to the swing that she was swinging on. what does he mean here? >> i dont know. this is what is so insane about him. and just to top it off, in his big week, he then goes on -- hes hammering home the fact that we needed english as the national language. he apparently speaks english and i have no idea what he is saying. >> y...

Pro-life position, but nobody can be kidnapped, raped, it is at least statutory and then somehow the young girl would never bring evidence against him because she has no brains at all. he said, took her back to the swing she was swinging on at the playground. what does he mean here? >> i dont know. thats what is so insane about him. and just to top it off n his big week, he then goes on, hes hammering home the fact we need english as the national language. he apparently speaks english and i have...