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records that were taken by the twice-impeached ex-president when he left office in january 2021. the new reporting also details team trumps months of resistance led by the ex-president himself to handing over records containing some of the countrys most important and guarded national security secrets. it reveals that the search of trumps private resident was actually many months in the making and really just the latest chapter in a long, simmering investigation. heres what happened whe...

The other line -- the other argument that sticks out here is just this idea that donald trump wasnt necessarily motivated by his desire to cover up wrongdoing. it was more that he was just getting impacted by in the political realm and this was impacting his political abilities is basically the argument that would sort of justify a lot of his actions is what this memo sort of lays out. overall it reads as a defensive document of donald trump in a lot of ways. >> andrew weissmann, i dont know how...

Doozy because it had been kept under wraps and the department of justice thought even giving it to the district court for her to read, there is a reason when she read it that her decision was that this needs to be made public. the court of appeals agreed with her. now to the substance. why did they try and keep this under wraps? there is a sentence in here that is astounding to me. the two senior staff say to bill barr that the reason he should make the decision is because if the memo comes out ...

Stephen engel and callahan. bill barr held this memo held secret until moments ago to justify his decision to not charge donald trump with the crimes of obstruction of justice outlined in the 23 month-long investigation led by robert mueller and his team from the mueller probe. this memo was written by two senior doj officials for attorney general barr both political appointees. they argue that the mueller report had not established a case to charge trump with obstruction. the justice department...

His responding to media interest in the trump tower meeting and concerning witnesses which he appeared to praise or condemn based again they were fighting the charges against the investigation. they more directly implicate the concerns of the statute. if the president were to perjure himself, tamper with testimony or corrupt evidence, we do not believe that any of these actions described in the report would meet such a standard. none of these instances the president sought to conceal criminal co...

Rules, norms and basic standards of fair play are out the window. two, the kind of crude bloodsport entertainment vibe that trump has sort of dragged our whole politics down to. i could see, you know, if trump is ever gone, well see if that happens, you know, after that we could sort of see maybe a bit less of the bloodsport, but its looking to me like a lot of the hardball will be escalating. again, the left will have a strong argument to make to democrats if that happens, that you have to matc...