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Not a decision maker. >> were going try to get that back up for you right now. just give us a second here. and then well have a plan b if we dont get ty back. do we think were going to get ty back right now? >> the wosh wosh"washington pos reporting that boxes were moved the day before the fib came in june 2022 t after a subpoena. but reporting that they were removed and then replaced, i dont know if you just heard perry stein from "the washington post." she said the clear implication is that so...

That these notes could tell us and lead us to have a better understanding, and that would show his criminal intent. you know, whether or not its willful use of of this material or whether its obstruction, it appears the obstruction case is most prominent and strongest at this point. >> so, theres another detail that is very interesting that were learning from the "new york times." they are reporting that prosecutors have also issued a subpoena about trumps foreign businesses in seven very specif...

Former white house lawyer ty cobb predicting possible jail time for donald trump when it comes to the special counsels investigation into the former presidents mishandling of classified documents. take a look at what he told cnn. >> i think there is a possibility that the obstruction case may be broadened to go ahead and include the espionage act counts and the possession -- illegal possession of the classified documents given -- given the extent that -- and solely because of the fact that trump...

This obstruction case is a tight case and yes, i do think hell go to jail on it. >> describing it as tight and certain to send him to jail is notable only because it comes from someone who represented trump in the mueller probe. and who -- i think others saw his obstruction seeking to fire comey and mcgahn and rosenstein. it was at tight as could be. because he was president, there wasnt any consequence for that black and white, written for everybody to read evidence of obstruction of justice. w...

Detailed they are. the way it would work, is he would get on the stand and it is all admissible because it is contemporaneous. that is a little evidentiary point. and it will be up on a big screen. the jury will see it and then you told him this, didnt you mr. corcoran and he responded that and when you say he grimaced, what do you mean? this is a building block. i mean already smith has a building. but this is really the penthouse of possible evidence of an obstruction case, of trump knowing wh...

His right-wing surrogates have talked about that. so now parlatore has departed and where were left is a legal team that was always a little bit slap dash continuing in that way minus one important person. >> i mean, im not going to play it but bill barr yesterday, glenn, said all along, the case im most concerned about if i was the former president is the mar-a-lago case. he agrees with ty cobb that this is criminal peril for donald trump. the reason parlatore left is because one of the things ...

Possibility that the obstruction case may be broadened to go ahead and include the espionage act counts and the possession, illegal possession of the classified documents, given -- given the extent that -- and solely because of the fact that trump keeps lying about what the law is. and they may decide that its important enough for the country to fully grasp that. they dont need that to prove the obstruction. trump could be right that he can declassify these things between foot massages. but the ...

Far. >> and melissa, the government has already showed us some of what they are building on the obstruction side. it is in sort of these extraordinary releases of documents because of the extraordinary nature of going to a judge to seek approval for a search of mar-a-lago. so we know that they had evidence. and part of the reason they went before a judge to search mar-a-lago is they had probable cause to belief there was more evidence of obstruction. how do you assess the strength of the governm...

First blush, if it was just a matter of taking the documents and not doing all the cover-up. >> i remember when i was covering the mueller investigation, there were some in the trump era doj who were skeptical of the obstruction case because of what they thought was a weakness in the underlying crime. i dont agree with that assessment. but you certainly cant say that here. he is essentially confessing on tv the taking the classified documents. and then the obstruction, they have security camera ...

Reporting. this is a significant event, particularly zigive the fact th trump did not go to court initially to prevent this and that the archives turned it over merely on the request of the justice department. this is all governed by a case called united states versus sb. but the sb criteria are set out in the letter that transmitted these documents, whistle theyre important to the grand jury, and they are not easily found elsewhere. so, it will be not much of a legal hurdle for the special pros...