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Obstruction, conspiracy, lying and espionage. what happens now? when it comes to republicans in congress, this time it is not so certain. a lot of them are split. some are willing to stick by donald trump, like senator eric schmidt of missouri who said that the charges are, quote, unequal application of the law. nor senator john barrasso of wyoming who said, quote, it feels political, its rotten. others are being a little more cautious. after all, these are espionage charges. theres, quote, no w...

It is a broader term than classification. same with the obstruction. (audio gap) with classification markings, those markings are still there so whether he declassified them or not, if he went through formal processes or not, its only going to be immaterial to the question of whether he violated these criminal statute. we heard again _ these criminal statute. we heard again the _ these criminal statute. we heard again the president very defiant there as he was all day long, but the indictment do...

Because they have a law degree and they think they know something when they know nothing. most of them spent their lives as ambulance chasers. now, i know other people. i hate lawyers. i dont blame them except for my wife and me. of course. heres the bottom line. the espionage act has no applicability to this. tell me how many people have been prosecuted under the espionage act since 1917 who were president or vice president up until today? zero. lyndon johnson took information with him. he had ...

>> former president donald trump had some company today for his arrest. he was with his co-defended and personal, aide walt nauta, who is also arrested, and unlike trump, was fingerprinted photographed, and processed. he faces six counts, including several obstruction and concealment related charges. the judge, ruling today that trump and nauta cannot communicate about this case. lets get straight to cnn contributor and former nixon white house counsel, john dean. john, you heard that ruling fro...

Release of our 2024 edition pocket hose. there is a strict limit of three per order. dont wait order. now call 1-800- 281 4084. thats 1-800- 281 4080 four or visit copper bullet hose dot so call 1-800- 281 4084. >> now donald trump stole classified national security documents. he lied about it. he obstructed the governments effort to get them back. >> and even his allies and lawyers say it was wrong. there was obstruction and keeping the documents from the government. >> trump said he didnt have...

Investigated sandy berger and then come to an assessment comparing the cases and comparing the facts then wed be in a better position. but he had to get up and say, theres one law and it applies to everyone. well, he wouldnt know that. he only investigated one person. he didnt investigate a problem. he investigated a person. and thats not consistent with the american approach to equal justice under law. >> and greg jarrett, i mean, this is if you look at the timing of this, that was july 2016. c...

Opposer, you have to take this seriously. >> reporter: trump surrendered at a federal courthouse tuesday afternoon in miami. his attorney telling the court on trumps behalf, we most certainly enter a plea of not guilty. in the courtroom trump sat with his arms crossed at a table flanked by his two lawyers. trump did not address the court. also seated at that table his aide and co-defendant walt nauta. nauta could not enter a plea because he did not have a florida lawyer present. of the 37 counts...

And whether you do it the right way and not about that military. >> whos going to sign up? thats milit >> tha exactly right. why are you going to sign up for a military that is applying justice unequally? kid why are you going to send your kids to to law school? why are you goinhool, whg to yo taxes? the entire foundation of this countrof thiy that whether you democrat or republican, we all face the same justic e system. joe bidens department of justice is going to war against that principlencip...

Nauta. he did not have a florida layer present before of the 37 counts, some are obstruction but most are for the willful retention of national defense information. >> threatening me with 400 years in prison for possessing my own presidential papers which just about every other president has done. one of the most outrageous vicious theories ever put fort in a court of law. >> reporter: there are no travel restrictions but told trump that he could not speak to any of the potential witnesses in th...

Court? would we ever find out that its been violated? who knows? but it was the right thing to do. let me just say one thing, john. i think its important to emphasize im hearing all this chatter from republicans and allies of the president about, you know, why this selective prosecution? why not clinton? why not biden? why not pence, even? the truth of the matter is there are key significant differences both in terms of the quantity of documents, the quality or type of documents. these are very,...