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Plot. and then fundraising by the trump campaign after they lost the election, but they still tried to use the big lie to gin up contributions. so we think specifically about a claim, conspiracy to defraud. chris, that would mean, would require prosecutors to prove that trump knew he lost but he still wanted to remain in power so he worked with lawyers and others to try to overturn the election. the fake elector certificates that were submitted to congress, those were one result. that could be c...

Sentenced to prison. but to date, the people who organized it, who schemed that up, have not been held accountable and i think that is important that happen. >> let me ask you then more specifically. what criminal charges do you believe that mr. trump should be facing? given the investigation that you conducted? >> well, we referred four matters, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, submission of false statements. and incitement to insurrection. the con...

Actually even today, trump has posted on his social media something about a reference to obstruction. if thats linked to the target letter, it might be that hes been advised that hes looking at impeding or obstructing congress. that could imply at least two ways, one of physical violence of breaching the capitolful prosecutors could cross that rough hurdle showing that he knew about it or encouraged it. or more likely, the obstruction of congress to stop the certification through an alternate se...

Happened, but i think that the congressman cheneys comments clearly presage something that has been going on, and that was no surprise to people. that the former president may be contacting people on his own, calling people, doing whatever. that just seemed kind of obvious. now, that doesnt necessarily mean that it would rise to the level of obstruction or tampering with a wince. those are pretty serious charges too that they need to look very seriously at. but clearly, it is something that i th...

A democratic congresswoman who was a member of the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack. congresswoman, good to see you as always. the target letter according to trump indicates the charges could be coming soon and that he needs to talk to the grand jury by thursday at the latest. your committee investigating his role in the january 6th attack. you are also a lawyer, what crimes do you think he is likely to be charged with? >> what i do not know what he is going to be char...

There is fraud if i lost this election. there are going to be conversations going back to that point, if not before, a year -- almost close to a year, prior to january. a bunch of conspiracy, conspiracies to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct, where theres a proceeding in congress and someone tries to get in the way of it and form an agreement. obstruction of an official proceeding, not just a congressional hearing. all these things where someone is working with other people to ge...

Berating officers serving search warrant is not obstruction of justice

Involved in the underlying obstruction. whats interesting is that according to the article, prosecutors are interested in this employees conversations with walt nauta. why not as attorney also represents this employee. that is a clear conflict of interest, so they are going to have to figure out whether or not he can represent both of them. if he actually does have information that could be adverse to walt nauta, he is going to have to decide which one of them is going to represent, he. cant rep...

If they are able to obtain this persons cooperation, but the reality is that jack smith already as a very strong evidence on obstruction of justice, and additional witness who can testify directly to what they did, why they did and who order they did, would be icing on the cake. not essential prosecutors never mind redundancy. this is something that signifies that the case has become stronger, but also that jack smith is deeply committed to making sure that anyone who engages in wrongdoing, whet...

Case because i asked you to, not necessarily because you believe its a super strong case. >> right. >> or that they will bring that case just if there is a case thats what it might look like, so similarly im going to ask you, what specifically do you think based on everything weve seen trump could if he is becharged with? >> its important we be specific. people say january 6th, pressuring the vice president, those things are not crimes. heres what could be the crimes. first of all, obstruction o...