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United states. not to say the classified documents isnt important, it is. the obstruction makes it more so. in my mind the january 6th election interference the insurrection, trying to thwart the transition of power to a new president has always been in my view about the most serious thing a president can do to his own country. >> jonathan, as we always say, you wrote the book on january 6th, you wrote it on the big lie, im curious about this, we hear about this sliding scale, if you look at the...

Around whats happening with the former president or the present president. those are the loose ends tied up. theyre tied up to prepare a case for trial so it suggests that jack smith is serious. then its just a question of trying to sort out, as you have just done, is this a case thats likely to be brought in d.c. or one brought in florida. i think its probably correct that if obstruction of justice charges are attached to a classified documents case, the obstruction piece is likely to be one th...

Particular statute we are looking at, fall in two domains. they fall into obstruction of justice on one side, and then violation of the espionage act on the other. that has to do with the retention and dissemination of national defense information. it doesnt strictly have to be classified. his involvement today signals that the department is still looking at espionage charges or potentially other charges that have to do with the retention and dissemination of classified information itself, which...

A pretty clear case of obstruction. one question i would have perhaps for chuck, if i may, that box youre shaking around in grade school, do we know where mark meadows went, was he questioned not only on mar-a-lago but on january 6th. >> it sounds like he was being questioned on both. thats logical because he was there for both. to your point its really hard to know what prosecutors are aiming at right now. i also think something you said, i want to get back to it, i always thought if youre goin...

Classified documents and on obstruction of a federal investigation. trump, of course, maintains he has done nothing wrong. norah? >> norah: very important development. robert costa, thank you. now to a neighborhood viewed that turns deadly in florida. a woman is claiming self-defense after killing her neighbor by shooting the mother of four through the front door. cbss mark strassmann reports some are upset that it took four days for police to make an arrest. >> reporter: susan lorincz, witnesse...

Thought, again, no sane person is going to continue to see all of these issues hes having and think its a big conspiracy. >> so, ryan, paula is suggesting that by the timing of what youre seeing here and the testimony still occurring in the south, south florida grand jury, that maybe the january 6th portion of this is lagging, the classified documents, that they dont come all together. do you see it that way, and how does that play out, then? >> definitely see if that way. by all accounts, all r...

Multiple witnesses expected to be heard by this grand jury. its safer to bet that some charges could emanate out of the federal district court in miami. whether those are charges against the formerror president or solely against those in his orbit who helped facilitate the retention and obstruction of the documents in question, also remains to be seen. if i were a betting person, i would say we might see some charges out of this courthouse as well as the one in d.c. >> lets talk more about what ...

Ammunition that jack smith has to use to say, look, you need to do that because otherwise, we will be making a criminal case against you. that is the pressure that jack has to hold mark meadows to tell the truth. obviously, the down side is that you have somebody who otherwise should be prosecuted and should suffer the consequences of engaging. in kind of conduct. after all, he is the chief of staff to the leader of the free world, and he is going to say that he engaged in obstruction in trying ...

Together right now? hes got plenty of evidence from what we can describe, obstruction, or what appears to be the president, the former president directly and indirectly trying to keep from complying with a subpoena. what else does he need to show, if he takes this case to trial, if he indites? im sure he would not have trouble getting a grand jury to agree with him, but if he takes this case to trial, what does he have to show? he has to tell the story of what motivated donald trump, and what wa...

That have been publicly reported, they likely have much more than that. so, i think its reasonable to expect that this thing is in its final stages on the investigative site. >> what do you get from kaitlan collins reporting about the mar-a-lago pool flood, raising suspicions among prosecutors? >> yeah, thats a really weird one. it certainly indicate, it gives you an indication of the high degree of suspicion that, you know, each side has of the other, certainly doj is investigating obstruction ...