Page 613 - Obstruction News Today

Just documents i get to take. >> thats exactly what it gets you. as a prosecutor, john, its important to understand this does not mean they ran a sort of fire drill like you would in high school where they said lets practice. it sounds like it but that is not exactly the reporting from josh dossy. the judge said when the archives first started asking about these documents trumps team engaged in an effort to mislead and did it again when doj came to town, the first time was a dress rehearsal and ...

Obstruction. thats pretty clear. there could be a number of motivations for moving boxes. the inference in this reporting is, according to those familiar, that it was to move them away from where they could be observed easily by the fbi coming to bring them back to the national archives. >> you put your finger on what this report does say and what it doesnt say. what it suggests, it raises questions about a series of actions that look like hiding the ball. it looked like people were trying to ke...

Jessica Watkins was convicted in November by a federal jury in Washington of obstruction of an official proceeding for their role in the storming of the Capitol

"its okay now for you guys to come retrieve those documents in response to the subpoena." the next day, on june 3rd, is when a prosecutor and the fbi showed up at mar-a-lago to retrieve the documents, but the boxes that had been moved, of course, were not retrieved. fast forward two months, and thats when the fbi did their raid in august at mar-a-lago. >> phil, its jonathan. im not even a country lawyer like joe, but this sure seems like it could be added to making the case of obstruction, tryin...

Information, right? hes no longer president, he should not have possession of these documents, and hes showing them to people who are not clear to have it. right? and so that is part of the -- from the beginning what the justice department has said what this investigation is about is about willful retention of these documents. again, mishandling them, and then the second part is of course the obstruction. because once he knows that the government is trying to take possession of these documents, ...

Two of donald trumps mar-a-lago employees were moving boxes of papers the day before a visit by fbi agents and a prosecutor. they were there to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing is being viewed as suspicious and an indication of possible obstruction. for more, lets bring in national editor of "the washington post," philip rucker. he edited the reporting for "the post." what in the world was going on there? >> well, joe, this happened in june of 2022 when president t...

Pri privilege. >> the obstruction case appears to be black and white. what else is put on top of it? the special counsel obviously looking into why trump kept the documents, what he did with the documents, his motive. thats whether there was espionage. do you think the special counsel will get and present answers to those yeses? >> i think so. i think theres a lot of evidence -- the same evidence in a certain sense that goes to the question of obstruction. was he holding on to the documents whic...

Central question that has been handed to jack smith, which is one, the mishandling of classified material, and two, the obstruction of the investigation into it. he says, i can declassify by thinking it. hes simply describing his version, which isnt accurate or true or precedented, of declassification in a frame of avoiding criminal exposure. hes never once said what you just said. but i understand these are secrets for men and women who risked their lives to obtain this information. does that c...

With russia. there was no obstruction and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration. its a shame that our country had to go through this. >> we are a nation that no longer has a free and fair press. fake news is all you get, and they are the enemy of the people. we are a nation where free speech is no longer allowed. were going to bring energy down way down. >> were going to get the interest rates down. were going to get back to a great life. and now he wants to take the fight...

Newly revealed details, including an alleged “dress rehearsal” for moving sensitive papers, show a focus on Donald Trump’s instructions and intent.