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"cnn tonight" with alisyn camerota is starting right now. hi. >> such a horrible story. were going to be talking about the developments in that case as well. >>erary sad. >> that should never happy obviously, so were going to try to figure out what went wrong. good evening. everyone. welcome to "cnn tonight." why was donald trumps staff moving boxes of documents around mar-a-lago when they knew that the fbi was coming the following day to look for classified documents? "the washington post" re...

I want to come back to you on this concept of obstruction, the reporting would seem to bolster the idea that thats the key element the prosecutors looking at in the washington post reports, quote, people familiar with the situation, said smiths teams believe that uncovered a handful of distinct episodes of obstructionist conduct. that stuck out to me, episodes. >> again, more than one, and ill just say, if you are dance moms fan, abby lee miller did have a federal case brought against her for si...

Obstruction is still a federal crime and it sticks. >> its part and parcel of having a complete disregard for democracy. im struck by this idea of the retention of documents. the obstruction piece of this. also, this idea that he potentially had the documents out, was sharing them with other people, how does that factor in, legally? >> its a separate violation. the espionage act, under 18 usc seven 83, for those following at home, e of that statute, basically prohibits sharing documents that you...

Good. well take it. thanks. the "washington post" is reporting that two employees of donald trump moved boxes papers at mar-a-lago one day before federal investigators showed up there to collect classified documents. the "post" says they view the timing as a sign of possible obstruction. and they also report the former president kept classified documents in a visible place in his office and that he allegedly conducted a, quote, dress rehearsal with his team for moving sensitive papers before t...

Everybody could see the boxes. that was something else he said during the town hall. everybody saw the boxes, what are you talking about? im not trying to do anything thats improper or illegal. so the problem for him, of course, is that that doesnt really comport with the law. when the national archives comes and asks or when a subpoena is executed and the justice department shows up, youre supposed to cooperate. and the noncooperation itself give rise to an offense so that even if everything he...

Evidence that may be crucial to the special counsels investigation. on june 2nd of last year, according to the post, two trump employees allegedly moved boxes of papers that day back into the storage room at the former presidents florida resort. it was just one day before the fbi showed up to retrieve classified documents in response to a grand jury subpoena. now, the timing that the post sources are saying is suspicious to investigators, and could be an indication of possible obstruction. anoth...

Panel tonight. a reporter for the washington post, and coauthor of the morning newsletter, the early 202. former prosecutor, and civil rights attorney, charles coleman. and former democratic new york congressman, max rose. i have got to say it with this dress rehearsal. supposedly with donald trump and some of his workers. what is your take on this? >> while stephanie, we have been talking for a very long time about the obstruction charge for the president. what this new report tells us is that ...

These documents. >> im adaptable, dress rehearsals, something very different to me. i want to come back to you on this concept of obstruction, the reporting would seem to bolster the idea that thats the key element the prosecutors looking at in the washington post reports, quote, people familiar with the situation, said smiths teams believe that uncovered a handful of distinct episodes of obstructionist conduct. that stuck out to me, episodes. >> again, more than one, and ill just say, if you ar...

Rehearsal idea. the >> idea of address what comes from an opinion we havent seen yet, a sealed opinion about the crime fraud exception. got to the legal doctrine that allows the court to pierce an attorney client provides, and this, case judge beryl howell of the d. c. district court, apparently found in a lengthy opinion, that evan corcoran had apparently been duped by donald trump. and that there was an enough evidence of possible obstruction by the former president, as well as retention, unla...

Conducted his own search of the room that day. so, trump ordered his employees to move boxes of documents back into a storage room for his own lawyer, evan corcoran, conducted a search. later that same day, corcoran called the doj, told them it was fine to swing on by. the following day, doj officials came by to pick up documents. as well as a signed attestations written by corcoran, signed by trump lawyer, christina bobb, confirming that. to the best of her knowledge, a diligent search had been...