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The second is the ongoing investigation involving classified documents another presidential records. as well as the possible obstruction of that investigation referenced and described in court filings in a pending matter in the southern district of florida. >> the person currently supervising both of those investigations and possible prosecutions is merrick garland who is also in charge of supervising the 115,000 people who work in the department of justice including the 35,000 people working at...

Obstruction that continues around requests for the national archives in the justice department, four return of the documents, culminating, of course, with the false statement that is made in connection with the subpoena issued for their return. leading to the search warrant. where documents are recovered at mar-a-lago. so the case is a step by step procedure. it is a very strong case. i think its important, the, to issue this caveat. we only know the evidence publicly available. doj might have f...

To have a real investigation here. and its very possible that the same republicans who, in the past have defended, to go to your point, donald trump, this time may see this as too much baggage given the evidence that they know of already from the january 6 committee especially. but look what we know about trump destroying and his people destroying documents. look what we know about the possible obstruction of turning those documents over. so, theres a very, very clear case to be investigated. an...

Witnesses into grand juries. theyre continuing to serve subpoenas. and remember there are different investigations here. so, theres the investigation into the efforts to overturn the election. thats one big set of a very complex and novel and unique type of investigation. then theres the separate investigation into the handling of presidential documents and classified information. and national security investigations involving classified documents not withstanding if they involve a former presid...

The second is the ongoing investigation classified documents and other presidential records as well as the possible obstruction of that investigation. >> jesse: but, heres the thing, january 6th happened two years ago. and this document case has been going on for almost the same amount of time so why are they appointing a special counsel now? based on recent developments, including the former presidents announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election, and the sitting presi...

Right tonight but he wont. i think hes in substantial peril. i thought hes been in substantial peril for quite a long time, but i think the fact that attorney general garland has avoided a special counsel kind of puts a highlight on that, as mr. mccabe said its not really something you do if you think there is a case somewhere there that might be made. i think they probably -- i think whats driving this as much as anything is the fact they have a very, very strong case in mar-a-lago documents in...

Is this going to take and then you have republicans sort of weighing in on this decision. so whats the answer? >> so, i dont think it will delay things substantially. i mean, as weve been saying, the investigation has been going on. the people working on it will continue to work on it. certainly, the special prosecutor needs to get up to speed. that will take him a little bit of time. i dont think theyre ready to pull the trigger on either charges. there is a good amount of work to do on january...

Prosecutor has a record of not indicting in a number of cases that hes handled. so, i think the fairness question that we can be pretty assured unless we are the most partisan and really believe that this is some kind of witch hunt, which certainly i have no evidence of, and i think the contrary -- i think were going to have a real investigation here. and its very possible that the same republicans who, in the past have defended, to go to your point, donald trump, this time may see this as too m...

>> carrie, what about the timing of this? how much more investigating do you think there really is to do at this point? is this about investigating or is this really just about deciding whether to indict or not? >> well, i think -- i mean, based on what were seeing publicly, i think this seems look a very active, ongoing investigation. theyre continuing to bring witnesses into grand juries. theyre continuing to serve subpoenas. and remember there are different investigations here. so, theres the...

Mandate that he has been given because it basically means not just donald trump but any of his conspirators or haters or a bettors are all within the ambit of jack smiths purview. and thats just the january 6th investigation. so its all aspects of what this purview except for the more low level people who are carrying out donald trumps orders. and that leaves entirely a said that he has also jurisdiction over the so-called documents case involving the documents at mar-a-lago and the obstruction ...