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Im old-fashioned, that would fit the classic definition of obstruction but i am not a prosecutor. do we have the same standards being applied to hillary clinton, joe biden and donald trump in these cases? >> i dont think we do and jack smith try to persuade us that we do. he is probably listen to your show so he deliberately did not indict trump under the provision of the statute >> because of my show? >> the provision. >> what he learned. >> well. listen. he didnt indict him under the provision...

For this kind of conduct. and so this is the rule and the standards that i applied to donald trump. if i would be indicted for this conduct, a president should be indicted. they are not above the law, and i should say, clearly, former president, which makes him exactly on parallel with somebody like me, an american citizen. he is normal or we -- need to view him like thats. so then the question is, is this the kind of conduct that would get any american indicted, and the answer to that is, yes w...

Everything was declassified because hes magic and h becausk at things and they become declassified. >> now hes on tape admittinapew fact that hes showing people, mark meadows, this team, when hes trying to do the booko dont that was still classified and that he knows that he doesnt have the power h haver to declassify it anymore because hes no longer president. he said they were properly secure were prd. >> i dont think a toilet is a skiff. maybe im wrong. better than a corvette. ou go, >> yeah....

Amongst prosecutors to try to get some of the lower-level guys to flip on the people higher up the chain. in this case, walt nada heavily involved in what the government calls a conspiracy to obstruct justice by keeping these documents not just away from the fbi and the government, but away from trumps own lawyer who was going to do the search. they actually moved these boxes, if the indictment is proven true, to another place that the lawyer himself couldnt identify these documents. nada has a ...

What stood out to you about these 37 counts? the first thing that stood out was the fact that there were actually 37 counts. that is a lot of counts. there was reporting last night that it would be seven counts and reporting before that talked a lot about obstruction. so the fact that there is 37 counts so the fact that there is 37 counts is pretty mind—boggling, and there is a line in this, in the indictment that really stood out to meet too, and im going to read it. it said that the governme...

In this case, we see all of those. >> and i invite everyone whos tuning in who hasnt already read this indictment, it may seem daunting because it says its 49 pages, but in my pinion, you share it, its an easy read, and it makes it clear that there is multiple incidents of obstruction by donald trump. barb mcquade, my good friend, thank you for joining us is starting us off, i appreciate it. >> thanks, katie. >> and a quick programming note, tonight at eight pm, ali velshi will lead special cove...

So, again, i think theres a little bit of pr play here in that indictment, but obviously, a lot of serious charges are there and need to be rebutted and i think probably can be rebutted at the end of the day at trial. jacqui: to your point. jack smith, this indictment was unusual and indictments are usually pretty bland. this had a lot of evidence in it from their point of view, which was really looks like an effort to message to the american people, rather than to the defendant, but to your poi...

Florida. to what extent does that turn the eyes that the nation on florida? to what extent does that complicate things, not just for rhonda scent is but other republicans in the state? >> look, youre likely talking about the most watched trial since the oj simpson trial, one donald trump is on trial for the mishandling of documents and obstruction. he is facing the loss of liberty through federal prison time. the eyes of the nation will be on the and on florida, and then it raises questions of t...

Under way just last year. it was on may 11th of 2022 that doj subpoenaed trump for documents including classified records. from here, over the next three weeks prosecutors allege a lot of the obstruction took place. what they say in the indictment is about 11 days after trump is subpoenaed, one of his aides removed the first box from the storage room at mar-a-lago. the next day trump tells his attorney, who hes discussing the subpoena with, wouldnt it be better if we just told them we dont have ...

President biden is being incredibly cautious and doesnt want to fuel the academycusatio knows trump is going to make, that this is a political prosecution. as we just heard, the former president wont be quiet and hes going to throw accusations out there and put a lot of pressure on president biden to say something. biden is going to try to resist. >> we only have a couple moments left. i want to ask about the kind of sentence you think the former president could be facing. he could be looking at...