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How long is it? how big? >> well know. and well know pretty soon as is the case is, noon is the deadline. both you and ellie focused on we may know more about what statutes are at play and what parts of the language. are you speaking about the one that deals with concealment, obstruction, destruction? what would you look for there? >> when lawyers write documents like this sometimes they put italics on the particular words that they are focused on, it could be theres language about concealment, ...

It takes them a year to see. then they find out its all this classified stuff. four months until they can look at it. now the fbi is alarmed. they go down and get more. finally they say is that everything? and they sign a piece of paper that says its everything. turns out to be a lie. so theyre really now fit to be tied. thats what theyll be looking at in terms of obstruction. and it could be months of quiet work by the doj when you can expect nevertheless trump to be yapping in the public spher...

Enforcement officers, they say information regarding investigative avenues and techniques are included in this filing that could provide a road map for potential ways to obstruct this investigation. and when we were in court previously last week watching this proceeding play out, it was made very clear by the judge that these are not just hypothetical threats of obstruction, that there is probable cause to believe that there could be obstruction, intimidation, some sort of tampering happening be...

Obstruction that we might uncover in the course of this search warrant. so a couple of key things to keep in mind. its not -- the information were talking about is not what we found when they went in a couple of weeks ago in early august, on august 8th, its about what they already had, and they believed that there was more. and i think thats an important thing for us to remember, as it pertains to not only the former presidents statements, but where this investigation goes from here. and of cour...

Thats not secured. regardless of any mistakes, misunderstanding, regardless of whether its credible or not, there is a line that was drawn in june, and then what we have is 14 lines of redactions. something changed. there was some material additional evidence, some action, i think, thats the basis for obstruction, that changed, and thats really the driving factor, in my opinion, on why were even seeing a criminal search warrant used in the investigation. >> so, say more. i mean, obstruction is t...

The evidence which the department produced to get a search warrant. these documents are normally kept sealed. the search of trumps mar—a—lago estate was part of a criminal investigation into whether the former president removed classified documents when he left the white house. hes denied any wrongdoing. the affidavit says that there is "probable cause to believe" that there are "additional documents" with classified information still at mar—a—lago, and "theres also "probable cause to be...

Basis to go in but the brief that was unredacted says these concerns are particularly compelling in this case and then says, unfortunately, as explained in the affidavit, and then its blacked out on page 9. but its clear that the affidavit from this gave compelling reasons for obstruction in this particular case, that it wasnt just an abstract concern. so that is just confirming in this brief and what we surmised from the statutory site in the search warrant that was previously disclosed on sect...

Potentially a crime, a felony of obstruction of a legitimate investigation. >> you made some crucial points. well get into all of that in a moment. jessica schneider, thank you for the reporting. kim, phil, stay with us. well get into the potential for obstruction and this document says this does not expose all that they have found in their investigation. so what could happen next? well talk about that. much more on the affidavit including the reaction from trump allies. also, expect more in...

Those initial weeks or months and now the fruits of the fbi search itself. >> you talked about all of the delays and all the back and forth between the government and donald trumps team to get the documents back before the search warrant was authorized and in the search warrant, the affidavit, you see the words obstruction, potential obstruction. it says it prohibits the unlawful gathering, transmission or loss of defense information. it does not use the term classified information. why might th...

Periodese part of an inquiry because i dont believe for a second there was a declassification order. i dont know what that is, in addition to the damage assessment which is separate and apart from the criminal investigation they may be focused squarely on obstruction because that, you might be able to get obstruction charges without getting into the really sensitive data that cant see the light of day. you might be able to prove, look, you did the things to cover this up. destroy, falsify and yo...