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You are learning, there may be major announcements. what can you tell us? >> we are learning from a source familiar with the matter, that the city is ready to refer criminal charges to the justice department for donald trump. we know three at least. one is insurrection, one is obstruction of a proceeding and one is defraud of the federal government. there could be more. those are the three were learning about so far. this is not binding. the justice department doesnt have to do what this committ...

Subvert the lawful transition of presidential power, the way it was supposed to take place. mike pence shows up on january 6th, he counts the votes, they certify the president. he tried to subvert that with false claims of a stolen election. so, i think this one too is a fairly easy charge to prove. there is some argument that when you say defraud, it means to fraud out of money. so, i suppose that is an argument. but that argument does not succeeded in other contexts. so, i would expect that th...

Evidence they put out to support the charges. some of those you laid out there like talking about obstruction, when were talking about conspiracy. these are the kinds of things the justice department has pursued when it comes to the rioters who stormed the capitol that day. when you talk about something like insurrection that is a much more complicated charge so well be looking at what the committee lays out as evidence. what were going to see on monday is what lawmakers have been saying separat...

Recommending criminal charges against the former president himself. thats dramatic finale, it is all the result of their over a yearlong probe, where witnesses dropped bombshells by efforts by trump in his campaign to stay in power. one of those witnesses, arizona s republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers. >> he said we have lots of theories we just dont have the evidence. >> did you tell the president in that second call that you supported him? that you voted for him? but that you are not...

It sounds like, from your analysis, this is probably the most controversial of the three that have sort of been put out there, if you will. lets talk about the other two. because theyre both mentioned in the memo that you wrote, the prosecutorial memo earlier this year. obstruction of an official proceeding, the thing thats doug jensen, our qanon friend, was convicted of today. this seems, more on its face, -- how complex do you think this will be if the doj starts moving forward on an indictmen...

Charges for former president donald trump. and those three charges are obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the federal government, and insurrection. so whichever criminal referrals the committee does decide on for the former president, and were told there could be more than what we know is under consideration, well see what the criminal referrals are and the supporting evidence for it on monday. >> right. because theyre working all weekend. i mean, things could change, r...

And unfortunately "the new york times" and "washington post" have took it hook, line, and sinker, this is a big nothing burger yesterday. this is particularly frustrating to my group because we spent the last year pressing president biden to do the right thing and a stop at this obstruction that has been going on for 59 years when congress passed the jfk records act in 1992 they said enough time had passed, that all records should have a presumption of disclosure and that records should be done ...

Ea even course. controversial dining with kanye west and nick fuentes, then family convicted of criminal tax fraud and final hand-picked candidate herschel walker lost and distanced himself from trumps constitution and trumps only legal team found more classified documents squirreled away at mar-a-lago. trumps raising money now selling onnine nft cards himself as a superhero. they sold out and the price skyrocketed from $99 to in the thousands. no wonder a hypothetical one-on-one 2024 matchup wi...

Obstruction of official proceeding and insurrection and defrauding the federal government. if the doj were to pursue those how high is the bar in the court of law. >> of course it has to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt in federal court in a criminal proceeding like this and that is the highest standard of proof. unlike this committee which is relying on hearsay on occasions, they have to get to the source of everything. they do have the tools at the department of justice to do that. somethin...

When he could hold office. you might -- must make him accountable, must make him from doing it. thats a very valid charge and should be pursued. well everyones got the weekend -- >> to read about insurrection, and the obstruction of proceeding a government and a conspiracy to defraud the united states. so it is all comes out on monday, will all be well informed. thanks to you though that we are getting a head start on this, to the three of you as. always glenn kirschner, jill wine-banks, and jen...