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Her. >> they had to recover the documents because they were classified documents. also he was no longer entitled to have them. the affidavit was very heavily redacted. there was a part that established possible cause even though it was redacted, we know from the headings there was possible cause that there were documents that needed to be recovered there, and there also is this obstruction side of it. both of them potentially carry significant criminal penalties. but the details of the investiga...

Also was prlt records that were retained by the former president at his residence, that he was no longer entitled to have. so we have both pieces of that. look, the affidavit was -- that was released was heavily redacted. its clear there was a part of it that established probable cause, even though it was redacted we know from the headings there was probable cause, information demonstrating probable cause that there were documents that needed to be recovered there, and there also is this obstruc...

Not but if they somehow could establish that, it would be a clear violation of the act and something about that kind of destruction that suggests its more than just tearing it into two pieces and throwing it on the floor. its more than just disregarding the law. maybe more purposeful, leaning more towards the obstruction side of the house but again, a lot of facts that would need to be proven in order to establish those sorts of things. >> absolutely. good to see you, jennifer, thank you. the ...

Texts from his private cell phone from january 6th. complainy adds, quote, do not be misled, trump is trying to hide what happened on january 6th and the delay and obstruct. we will not let that happen. the truth will come out. over on the obstruction side, the committee announcing that a vote will take place tuesday to find mark meadows in contempt of congress and refer him for potential criminal charges for failing to comply with the subpoena for his testimony. but other key witnesses are coop...

Is still whether on the obstruction side or on the actual content side of what took place, the dems are still building a case. as you know, part of building this case is also going to be a public component to this in terms of trying to bring the american public on board in greater numbers in support of this effort. thats one of adam schiffs and nancy pelosis goals. there will be a whole public component. that is another reason were not seeing today on the house floor articles of impeachment bein...

Coming in and just to try to make it simple for people and in the mueller report there were two pieces, right? there was the collusion side and the obstruction side. we have a similar parallelism going on right now. you have the collusion side which is president trump directing to do something against a political enemy someone going to run against him and the obstruction side which is the whistle-blower side. those are different stories and both of them, are i would say, disconcerting. the diffe...

To overturn or to prevent an election. i mean, this is the kind of stuff of banana republics, not the united states of america. and i also want to say, with jim comey out there doing high fives, celebrating himself, i want to know whos going to apologize to general flynn? to george papadopoulos, to roger stone? who is going to issue them an apology? it ought to be starting with james comey. >> sean: let me go to andy mccarthy. the title of your book says it all. you are the one who has brought i...

And on the obstruction side, thats why you have the poll numbers that you do. you dont have 50% of the country saying impeach. because it seems muddy. if its not going to it be a clear and convincing situation, why not just hash it out in an election? >> well, chris, remember when articles of impeachment were filed against president nixon, only 19% of the american people were in favor. >> fair point. fair point. >> we have a job to do. look, i didnt come to congress, ive been a police chief 27 y...

The president or his campaign leaders coordinated with russia, with data and other things that the president engaged in numerous incidences of obstruction of justice and the special counsel could not clear the president of wrong doing. >> right. but on the intelligence side, russian interference is a no-brainer for everybody, but the president, hes only denying it for political purposes, but there was no criminal conspiracy. thats what they mean when they say collusion. i would argue there was c...

When mitch mcconnell was presented with evidence of russian incursion and shut it down in that famous meeting with the obama officials who said we have an emergency here and mitch mcconnell was the one saying im not going to do anything about it. he said it in realtime and in the course of the last two years theres not been a moment where mitch mcconnell had any interest whatsoever in dealing with this problem. i have to say watching this today, any responsible person of either party would watch...