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Member of the senate or any member of the house, there will be riots in the street. thats senator lindsey graham warning of violence in the street if donald trump is held to account for his mishandling of classified documents. if, mika, if we still believe in this constitutional republic, that no man is above the law. >> it is -- >> he obviously thinks donald trump is above the law. as he said, the law doesnt apply to him. thats what you call a freudian slip. >> two minutes past the top of the h...

Will be found at the premises." what led the fbi to believe there was evidence of obstruction? thats redacted. the fbi did not disclose that evidence in the affidavit that we can see. earlier tonight i spoke with james clapper, former director of national intelligence, and he says there are plenty of concerns about classified documents in a public place like mar-a-lago. >> i would imagine its kind of a physical security nightmare in terms of preventing unauthorized access, since they really cant...

Office. and that everything in between there is redacted. so, clearly, they got information from sources at mar-a-lago, from surveillance, we dont know. its all covered up. but they learned that their directive was not followed, there was still classified material there, unlike what they had been told, and that would be evidence of obstruction. >> let me ask you -- asha, let me ask you about haynes the directive the -- she will be conducting a damage assessment of the documents seized. walk us t...

The top of the list of concerns. but from a criminal and prosecutorial perspective, the allegations of obstruction of probably more significance than the allegations of mishandling of classified information. clearly the obstruction hinges on and in some ways the classified documents, in a way that they wont turnover. but i will look at the obstruction, particularly that -- the doj had at mar-a-lago. hanging down the number of things that will give rise to knowledge, and the breaking of that know...

More. kerry, theres a lot in the affidavit that fills in some blanks about what was going on leading up in to search of former presidents residence, but what might actually loom over all this is the part of the obstruction. heres what the new york times writes about that, by system measures the obstruction of crime is as serious a threat to mr. trump or his closest associates. to convict, they need to prove two things, that a defendant knowingly con skeeled comes. section 1519s maximum penalty i...

Promise and will provide relief to tens of millions of people. republicans who wanted the midterms to be a referendum on president biden are now contending with the near constant stream of new information about the former president. saturday the u.s. intelligence chief informed congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the documents taken from mar-a-lago, including a, quote, assessment of the potential risk to national security. her announcement comes after fridays release of the redacte...

>> unfortunately, the magistrate judge allowed the doj to go wild with the redactions. >> even just the parts we have just reveals that the fbi, the justice department think that donald trump is a liar. >> the affidavit alleges that there was probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction was going to be found at mar-a-lago. all right, then lets see it. wheres the actual evidencesome -- evidence? howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage, mollie hemingway, editor-in-chief of the fed...

Likely was evidence of obstruction that would be revealed. that was part of the information that was redacted. that suggests to me that there were sources close to the former president at mar-a-lago. a source of that information. to the fbi. they dont have to offer everything in this affidavit for probable cause. the standard for probable cause is much lower than it is to actually convict someone of a crime. it is likely this is just the bare minimum evidence they have obstruction. if they were ...

Different set of eyes looking at this. they have some independents and therefore perhaps more credibility for furnace. >> how worried should the former president be considering this line from the affidavit? there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the providence. >> i think that is very worrisome. i think the position of these prospect documents alone, even though they are incredibly sensitive documents, its not enough for a crime. i think it really c...