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More rarely successful, making the verdict another significant victory for the justice department. of the nearly 1,000 people charged with crimes at the capitol on january 6th, 2021, less than 20 have been charged with seditious conspiracy. the four oath keepers convicted yesterday were also found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and conspireing to obstruct. both the obstruction and sedition convictions carry up to 20 years in prison, but sentencing guidelines are likely to be in ...

Not going through this every six months. we want to make sure that all of this material is protected and it does appear to be a systemic problem. i was speaking with one of president trumps lawyers a short time ago. honestly, they have been telling me this for months. this is a systemic problem and there should be a amnesty period to address the larger issues. that doesnt absolve their client for obstruction. but hillary clinton paid an enormous political price when she was investigated for pote...

On donald trumps house. and then there were crimes ticked off in that mob boss goes to jail for kmigt. nothing happened. and now the whisper that is starting to seep into public commentary abiden can make it hard to make that case. again, im not a lawyer. maybe thats true. but what the pence case does is bring into the point that youre bringing, the apples to apples is pence and biden. if there is no special counsel needed for pence, why is one needed for biden, andrew? >> i think that is really...

Dont see a way that the facts as we understand them lead to any day in court for president biden. with respect to former president trump, on the other hand, i think its plausible that jack smith could charge any number of statutes against former president trump. but i think the most likely have them as obstruction of government investigation. charlie was referring previously to months of protracted negotiations. in fact, whose negotiations started before president trump left office and may of 20...

For the u.s. attorney whos so far been handling this investigation. thats john laush out of chicago. hes handling this before its handed over to the special counsel that the attorney general reported, robert hur. crucially, this search was not conducted with a search warrant or a subpoena, and that does mark a stark contrast to the search that was conducted in august at mar-a-lago. that was undertaken after months of back and forth with doj officials and trumps team. that was after a subpoena an...

How will bidens case, trumps cases, how they play out differently in court? >> assuming that we ever get to courts. >> right. based on what we know no, i dont see a way that the facts, as we understand, them lead to any day in court for president biden. with respect to former president trump on the other hand. i think it is plausible that jack smith could charge any number of statutes against former president trump. i think the most likely of them is obstruction of a government investigation. ch...

To portray they are being fully corporative and offering the fbi in. theyre the ones that notify the archives contrary to what happened with trump. >> its absolutely critical that proof if it exists as well as things like the quantity of the documents, was there any obstruction and hint of foreign influence? none of which we see at the moment from the public reporting but the intent is really important. whether there is intentional mishandling. its important to distin wguish how far back they wi...

Lets go to more breaking news involving richard barnett, the capitol rioter best known for his viral photo showing with his feet up on nancy pelosis desk in her office. this morning the 62-year-old arkansas man was found guilty on all eight charges against him including obstruction of an official proceeding, theft of government property and enter a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon, namely that walking stick that doubled as a stun gun. barnett called himself an idiot and said he ...

Just in response to that, thats the political nature here of the apples and oranges, but legally speaking, the two are still very different. >> at least, lindsey, in terms of what we know now, i would still say that the two are very different. however, if and when we learned that president biden was personally involved in any of the packing or access to these materials and that involvement was, in fact, willful on his part, we would see a more legally equivalent situation. the other way in which...

Possessions, former office, et cetera. you also have one of the former president who has classified documents in his possession as well. and my opinion, it turns on the obstruction. you could look at them at their face and say, maybe all the requirements of improperly handling classified information. doesnt this all turn on the intent? like you mentioned, trump was obstructing the ability for the national archives and others to be able to get these documents and materials back. is that going to ...