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They had the decency to claim it was accidental. >> yes. you cannot delete anything that has been subpoenaed. they were on notice of the subpoena two days before it got there. the attempt happened in -- the consequences of the request for the documents. once they are subpoenaed, it is obstruction of justice to tamper with them, or to attempt to tamper with them. lets keep in mind that the attempt is just as much of a

>> it is a very big deal because the obstruction that is laid out there is so awful, and its so ridiculous, and its so well documented, that it really puts a different perspective on all of the rest of the crimes in the original indictment. because they now have the iran document, and can now say that that is what he was showing, this highly classified document, to people who did not have any kind of clearance. it is really going to make the jury -- all of the other accusations in the indictment...

Go to defend a corrupt bosses actions. and yet, today, the defense is way beyond and -- lets listen to foxes greg got filed, and listen to what he had to say about the superseding indictment. >> surveillance cameras? whats wrong with that? whats wrong with that? are those yours? why cant you clear them? i dont understand that. >> jill, at least nixons defenders didnt say he was fine to delete the tape. they had the decency to claim it was accidental. >> yes. you cannot delete anything that has b...

I have to ask, can american democracy really survive a presidential election campaign in which one of the major party candidates is in the midst of so many criminal trials? what does it say about our two major parties that regardless of all of this, they are still on course to nominate for president a man that in the words of chris christie, is a one man crime wave. lets discuss all of this with david anderson, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. he is also a cnbc contributor. glenn k...

In the polls the democrats cant win they have nothing left to do. for the talk about another poll this comes out this week showing the majority of americans, 51% do it believe believe it presip did something illegal. on the 27% think he did something at least unethical. how do you overcome that perception with jurors? thats the first question but then with voters? >> of the facts lets talk about the facts which of the american people need to know. and that indictment that superseding indictment ...

For the big guy. and if the money was funneled through shell companies, and devon archer may know that, that could also constitute money laundering. you know, the doj and the fbi forbid irs investigators from examining the evidence of bribery, pursuing it. they couldnt even ask any questions about the big guy or joe biden. that strikes me as obstruction of justifiable by the department of justice. its corrupt. so no wonder they have been very anxious to keep devon archer from testifying. >> ains...

Happens and whether or not it gets rolled over for him to get local counsel. >> hannah, i want to ask you about the money spent on these lawyers by trump and his supporters. i have to wonder, if those donors who are paying into this big super pac fund, if they know where the money is going? the january 6th committee looked into whether donors were duped. what are your feelings about the millions upon millions going to defend trump and his other in his orbit? >> representative zoe lofgren called ...

Appearance today in miami. you see him from earlier this morning. he has just been charged in the superseding indictment and classified documents case against former president trump charged with obstruction for scheming with the former president to try to hide security footage from investigators. so weve seen this in legal cases before. you round everybody up and seen it used against trump before trying to put pressure on different people. your take. >> well, he is also charged, this employee, w...

How do you think it will impact the presidents case? >> whats interesting about the charges, not dependent on trumps lawyers. one of the concerns raised about the original indictment, many charges were founded in statements by his lawyers and that could end up producing serious appellate problems for the department of justice. this could be a sort of insurance run approach as they have in baseball, they are trying to get some counts that are not dependent on those lawyers, and not necessarily on...

Its a way for any candidate would be a weakness, in his case be a strength. were finding in poll after poll that its working. >> well talk in a little bit about the latest poll which is all good news for donald trump. let me go back to the legal part of it, elena hab ba, one of trumps lawyers gave us one of the previews of the defense theyre playing. let me play it for you, joyce. >> what was the obstruction of justice? no tapes were deleted. he turned them over, he cooperated as he always does....