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Obstruction in florida, but obstruction was directed at people in washington. and so it could be that they decided that the low risk route is to bring the case in florida or to bifurcate it, which is what they did with the manafort situation. a case in the eastern district across the river, and a case here in the district of columbia, or it could be that maintenance person at mar-a-lago went into the fbis field office in miami and lied his butt off, and they want to bring some stand-alone charge...

Thats the reason that you would give somebody immunity who otherwise has a lot of criminal jeopardy on his own. thats the deal. and so thats why its enormously significant if hes cooperating. >> so, karen, other things that were finding out here, evans reporting. we know that the d.c. grand jury hasnt really seen activity in a month. but now were finding out a whole lot more about the second grand jury in miami, that theyve heard from multiple witnesses expected to hear from at least two more. b...

Government property. we also considered because of his flagrant conduct, the obstruction of justice, so, we looked at charges including straight-up obstruction, also making false statements to the government, which he did on several occasions. the evidence, if the public record is correct, is a solid evidence. prosecutors should be able to obtain and sustain a conviction. that answers the question, can you indict. and then you have to answer the more nuanced question of should you. a big part of...

Obtain a conviction. so, we considered two buckets of charges. we consider charges that are related to illegal retaining documents, thats the espionage act. and retention, theft of government property. we also considered because of his flagrant conduct, the obstruction of justice, so, we looked at charges including straight-up obstruction, also making false statements to the government, which he did on several occasions. the evidence, if the public record is correct, is a solid evidence. prosecu...

This be about january 6th. >> i think its safe to say this is about the documents. the the january 6th investigation, trumps efforts to cling to power is on a separate track. >> we shouldnt expect to see both of those decisions made and announced at the same time. >> based on what we know right now, i dont think you should see that right now. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. joining me former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. never get over your skis, so i dont ha...

Defense counsel. >> ken, lets talk about what happens now. lets assume the grand jury comes back. thats your reporting. what will prosecutors have to prove? >> well, it looks like theyre looking at three main areas, three groups of potential charges. one obviously is obstruction of justice. did donald trump lie to the justice department? did he try to obstruct their investigation? did he try to hide these classified documents after there was a grand jury subpoena for them? thats a huge deal, car...

Evidence of obstruction. >> so, what would you advise trump do, tim, as a lawyer, if hes indicted? if he is indicted, what should he do? >> look, any time you have a federal indictment, that is a very serious threat. and whether you are guilty or innocent -- and in fact, in a lot of ways even more importantly if youre innocent, that has to be the main and primary focus of everything. because dealing with the federal criminal system really is something that can be life-altering. and so you have t...

Developmentes into the investigation of donald trump. lawyers for the former president just finished a meeting at the justice department. this is video from just moments ago showing trumps attorneys as they left the building after an extensive face to face with doj officials. you may recall, trumps lawyers recently requested to meet with the attorney general merrick garland, accusing the doj of prosecutorial misconduct. todays meeting could signal the special counsels investigation into trumps h...

Sitting for months in washington. it is not clear why a second grand jury is taking testimony in florida. katie benner, i am today old, maybe i have not -- theres such a blizzard of information, i somehow must have missed there was a florida grand jury. now there are two grand juries and its possible as andrew weissmann was explaining, you know, the alleged crime of keeping the documents took place in florida. ipso facto, florida could be a factor. please explain this florida grand jury. >> i th...

Mr. trump, well know more. but right now, they hold as significant advantage. lauras reporting was very important because it reminded us if someone is going to be charged, for instance, for mishandling classified information, it has to be intentional, purposeful. it cant be by accident or mistake. so from a little bit of what weve seen, including a recording of mr. trump talking about classified document that he said he was not able to share, that helps the government show mr. trump under stood ...