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Discussing and the garland we come together in any final decision. the more there is lying in obstruction, the more pressure that puts to indict or to let it go. >> before i let you go reconvening its the grand jury. do you think this means the indictment is imminent. does that mean days or weeks? what is your assessment? >> everyone is cautiously said it looks more like ending the beginning. the first ever meeting we know of between special counsel smith and the lawyer. with at least to any oth...

It flooded that i.t. room at mar-a-lago, not damaging any of the video tape that we know of, but clearly something that was quite suspicious that has happened. at that point in time last year, kaitlan, that was when this was the heart of the obstruction investigation. the justice department was not trusting at that time donald trump and his attorneys that they had turned over all of the classified records in his possession at mar-a-lago. they were headed toward a contempt fight in court in the f...

Damaged underwater, its hard to say that theyre actually using that as some sort of -- >> what kind of obstruction with that look like, from a legal standpoint? >> so, obstruction, you know, in order to charge someone with obstruction, you have to be able to prove that they intended to obstruct an official proceeding, right? so, the accidental flooding of a room with computers in it without more evidence of actual intent to stop or obstruct a proceeding, in this case the investigation, wouldnt p...

Stormy daniels hush money case in new york. do you think that could change in the classified documents case? if you were advising some of these candidates, is it -- does it make sense for them to raise it now? >> so, i think the -- were going to have to wait and see what comes out in the details, right? obviously it depends on what is in the indictment, how serious of the nature it is. look, you can argue any obstruction is bad, obviously, right? youre going to be charged for it. but i think if ...

Report to the a.g. his analysis of the law on the facts. each will be decided on its own. of course the obstruction, i think, will tip the balance. each special counsel is doing their job. >> i appreciate you pointing that out. also, former president trump denies all wrongdoing, though he does not deny having the documents. he has talked often about having these classified documents, but he denies that it was wrong for him. >> and thats given the presumption of innocence. in the very constitutio...

And theyve been asking witnesses about it, and raising questions about it, and of course, they are investigating whether or not there was any obstruction in their investigation. so, i think it is just an odd instance, but it still raises a lot of questions. >> certainly, it has, has all the video been given, handed over that was on the servers? do we know? >> we certainly know a lot of it has been given over, but they have been raising questions, we learned so much of what investigators are aski...

Side has of the other. certainly doj is investigating obstruction here. we know that from the search warrant application. so, theyre going to look at every possible act as a possible -- you know, every act as a possible element of obstruction. in this case, with the witnesses already saying that the flood didnt really damage the computers, its hard to say -- until we hear that the trump team is actually claiming that they cannot produce the videos requested under the subpoenas because the materi...

Thats when the pool was drained by this maintenance worker, and it flooded that he room at mar-a-lago. not damaging any of the videotape that we know of, but clearly something that was quite suspicious that has happened. and at that point in time last year kaitlin that was when this was the heart of the obstruction investigation. the justice department was not trusting at that time, donald trump and his attorneys that they had turned over all of the classified records in his possession at mar-a-...

That dam to russian occupied crimea and over the long term, that, a various large region of occupied territory, will be very seriously struggling for water. >> fascinating. bring us more when we have more details. thank you so much. significant step in the justice department investigation of former president trump for possible mishandling of classified documents and obstruction. sources tell cnn special counsel jack smith personally took a meeting monday with trumps legal team in what appears ...

Special counsel has broken any rules, violated any policies or procedures. if these lawyers are really strong lawyers, what they would have and should have done is say, here are the ways this prosecution plan violates policies and procedures. the problem is that its unlikely that they have any evidence of that. and what jack smith has, and to be fair, what the justice department had months before jack smith was appointed, was evidence of obstruction. all jack smith has done is get more of that e...