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Jury and i see that, that tells me they did not read it or they read it and didnt care. they are not getting it. >> yeah, the obstruction question is very, very interesting. >> scott, the grand jury noted that when asked about the individual wearing a skirt in the female bathroom which is a biological male, of course, the school board members were quick to claim he was instead wearing a kilt, scott, they just dont stop playing politics here? >> no, they dont, they just lie, lie, lie and lie. i c...

Is this something he made up, or did someone tell him this was the case? so it would require some interviews to get to that point. so i think mark meadows for so many reasons could be a very valuable witness in both the mar-a-lago case and the january 6th case. >> katie, its friday, been a remarkable week of sort of incremental reveals. but as barbs talking you realize that whats become clear is that this is very active on both sides. sort of going back and forth now with donald trumps legal tea...

Should have been responsible for keeping that information safe, right? and secured? >> so -- >> i do said what you are saying, the case, its gonna be tough to prove. >> the buck definitely stops with him from the point of, can you criminally prosecute for him -- it gets murkier, fast. >> what about the idea that when you look at all of this, these are the times that the archives at the department of justice reach out to, and four pages here. and he did not comply. >> when you measure that agains...

Ongoing investigation that is being sort of thwarted in some way. a typical thing could be intimidating witnesses or hiding evidence. presumably this is the -- has to do with the doj investigation that was started as jessica says in february of 2022 into the documents that were taken out of mar-a-lago. and we also know, the letters were exchanged there was a letter sent from trumps counsel to doj in june -- may or june saying we believe that the president should not be criminally liable here. he...

>> it was an extraordinary moment that you just saw in that press conference. but one of the key questions about the speaker and her caucus are going to have to get their arms around over the next couple of days is the actual scope and scale of those articles of impeachment. some are known, some related to ukraine are coming no matter what. but the big question is obstruction question. democrats are signaling they will in fact include elements of that report into an article of impeachment in obs...

Stonewalling, will be as schiff said previously evidence for a separate article of impeachment on this obstruction question. >> jeff, thank you very much. jeff bennett for us on capitol hill. jeff and garrett are going to continue to work that side of the story as this continues to develop. two individuals involved in the how judiciary committee process tell nbc news that we could be seeing three or four articles of impeachment. one to two may be on abuse of power, specifically defined as push...

Does the sideshow matter more or the substance of what democrats think they gleaned, what they extracted from corey lewandowski matter more? for the sideshow, democrats could make the argument should have been better prepared for the blizzard of obstructions that corey lewandowski tried to throw in their way in part because he tweeted well before he even stepped foot into this hearing room, basically the same talking points weve heard from president trump, about how the mueller report showed no ...

Having his transition meeting with eisenhower in late 60, early 61, is ike showed him the button you pushed where the helicopter came to get you and that was the thing kennedy loved the helicopter coming. i think the pardon power is like that button for trump. its a nifty thing he didnt know he had. it appeals to the authoritarian instincts. it appeals to the unilateral instincts. and the other thing on the obstruction question is we saw this in the mueller report, where he would say things and ...

The helicopter coming. i think the pardon power is like that button for trump. its a nifty thing he didnt know he had. it appeals to the authoritarian instincts. it appeals to the unilateral instincts. and the other thing on the obstruction question is we saw this in the mueller report, where he would say things and if people had gone out and done them that we would be an entirely different place in terms of impeachment. right? so youre really counting on the people around the president knowing ...

In terms of the potential i should say democratic push to move toward an impeachment inquiry do you think this adds much steam? >> you know, i think this is still in speaker pelosis court on that decision. my own sense is as was just pointed out, i think the president found out about the pardon power when he became president kind of like the one thing that president kennedy really enjoyed when he was having his transition meeting with eisenhower in late 60, early 61, is ike showed him the button...