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but he would use them as is right as president. but to draw direct line from that to the documents ending up in the basement of mar-a-lago doesnt and sit well with me because i know for a fact that most of the documents he saw where that were classified, or higher than that, was electronic not in paper. the trump spokesperson says the materials have been declassified. so far no one has shown those declassification processes meanwhile on capitol hill, after bidens signature legislation ...

Light on the obstruction end of things. why that statute was listed. one of trumps lawyers, allegedly signed a document saying weve given you everything we have. this was after the visit from the official to mar-a-lago, they walked out with classified -- and a lawyer assigned, yeah we have everything weve got. and now theres a reference in this piece, just out, the new york times, that says theres a witness that provided information that, no you didnt get everything. theres even more to get. at ...

This is obviously an unusual circumstance where were dealing with the president. and i think what ive been gleaming all along is that giuliani has been doing some negotiations through the news media, by taking very aggressive stances. i think its almost a negotiating tactic. and what it tells me on muellers side is that he would like to have an interview, but it is not essential to his investigation. it would -- its sort of good practice, particularly on the obstruction end of things, where dona...

>> yeah. >> which means that donald trump is almost certainly going to have to give a deposition in that civil suit. >> is they are in the going to postpone it until after his presidency. >> not going to postpone it. secondly, out of the investigation out of new york by saying that the guy was basically not my lawyer, that means it is an open field of fire for the prosecutors there. then, to turn to the investigation by mueller, for him to say, you know, i will deal with the justice department a...

Sleep? >> i think he actually has a lot of troubles to counter, icebergs, to go with davids metaphor. because, look, mueller remains a problem for trump. mueller has -- trump has issues relating to mueller that go both to his conduct during the campaign and to his conduct in office, the obstruction end of the inquiry, starting with firing -- not starting with, but including firing comey. and then -- so thats one thing. and trump has thought maybe i can get rid of mueller. maybe i can make this p...

Which i dont think is going to happen. were probably a matter of weeks away. we could be talking two weeks rather than five weeks away. they have been having these talks for a while now since the first of the year. theres a lot of lawyering going back and forth, but all the momentum is heading in that way. and then once we have that interview, if indeed on the obstruction end mueller is waiting for the president to be interviewed near the very end so he has all his information before he talks to...

>> i dont think so. right now you have the presidents private lawyer marc kasowitz sort of heading up the response right now. they have had difficulty according to all kinds of sources -- news sources that, you know, filling out that roster, they were trying to put up a war room within the white house. they had difficulty doing that. there are any number of people in washington, d.c. who are qualified and competent to try to make a defense here. and the president hasnt really turned to any of th...