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The reason why trump will have a strangle hold, i think, on this nomination process. >> so interesting. we have a lot more to talk about pertaining to this, of course, its going to happen tomorrow, but we are looking at security and preparations for that. also trumps own words ginning up support and action for him. and also the fundraising off of this which has been quite successful well have that coming up. theres another big story breaking over the weekend. the justice department and fbi inves...

Call their tushy. >> former attorney general bill barr interviewed by fox news of course, he was attorney general under then president donald trump, commenting on the mar-a-lago documents i want you to take a listen to what he had to say, and then well chat >> as ive said preerepeatedly, think the documents case is the most serious case. i dont think they went after those documents to get trump, i think they wanted the documents back whats at issue in that case is not the taking of the documents...

They actually searched his property through that search warrant in august. so that suggests that perhaps he was personally looking through these materials to say did he want to keep some or not we dont know if he took any back through that process, but that is what the latest reporting suggests >> what does this suggest about potential position, special counsel and current investigation, where its going? >> yeah, i mean, it suggests it moving that they have been doing a lot of work. i know there...

Mar-a-lago i want to note that nbc news has not confirmed that report and the justice department is not commenting on it hearing that, lisa, how crucial could that obstruction factor be in that case >> ive always thought that the obstruction factor is the most crucial component of the records ration, not a question of whether he took classified information, but this is the epitome of the cover-up being worse than the crime donald trump undertake an 18-month-long process to conceal information fr...

To a judge and establish probable cause of at least one federal crime and in this case to get into mar-a-lago prosecutors established mishandling of defense information, destruction or concealment of government documents and crucially, one of the three crimes prosecutors were focused on then was obstruction. now let me give you the technical definition of what obstruction is what you might have to prove what you would have to prove against donald trump. first of all, that he knowingly knowingly ...

Other law enforcement entity in the world thats drawn into politics more than the secret service, right by the nature of their job there at the white house there with political leaders, but this is a seminal moment for the agency, where they have to remain neutral. the optic has to show that theyre not carrying favor to the former president, nor the d. a. they need to focus on their primary remit. which is protection protecting the former president , because thats what theyre mandated to do. the...

Justice department have collected fresh evidence claiming to possible obstruction by trump in the probe into top secret documents found at mar-a-lago nbc has not independently confirmed this reporting joining us now, perry stein for the "washington post" who has part of the team who broke that story. thank you very much for being with us. what have you been able to learn about this evidence special counsel jack smith has collected in connection with a document investigation? >> thanks, yes thank...

Situation as opposed to something specific about him is still yet to be seen he, of course, is thinking about going into court and arguing before a judge and wanting to have everything most strategically helpful to him in that situation trump always approaches these things as much as being about public relations and sending a political message to the broader public, as about actual argument that might succeed in a courtroom. and i think thats probably the explanation for the gap there in messagi...

Facing there, obstruction of an official government proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, even a seditious conspiracy charge are among the most serious that have emanated and could be among the most serious crimes facing him. that said, when i look at the combination of the facts as we know them now and the seriousness of the crimes being contemplated, i agree with attorney general bill barr, maybe the only time i agree with him, about the seriousness of the records investigation ...

Last five days, whenever since we have been talking about it, on the network that i do think that the georgia case also and whats going on with the special counsel seemed like cases that were not only stronger but also were more easy to explain to a wide swath of the american public of why they mattered and a lot of the kind of, you know, donald trump paid hush money to a porn star stuff is baked into the cake going back to the access hig holiday days. i hope alvin bragg has a real rationale and...