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States and the obstruction of an official proceeding in congress. those then -- the second half of the hearings have pivoted to trumps intent, which you have to prove in any criminal prosecution. and these outtakes will show us his facial expressions, his gestures, whats going on in his mind. thats gold to trial lawyers to have that footage, so it goes to the intent that prosecutors are going to have to prove. >> and for what the committee is trying to prove is that he wanted the violence that h...

Four years during the trump administration, of the four things happen. and we said, this is unprecedented, the shouldnt happen. but it did, and there werent consequences. so if there was misconduct, or on the leading these text messages, could there be legal fallout? last night andrew weissmann said heads could roll. >> big time! they mentioned one little regulatory crime. but at these guys and know the individual asian snow, and the brass knows, you have to preserve them. we are talking about p...

Done. >> i agree, you saw it. the words were little prosaic, but it was sort of a music if you will. he chose to say, he kind of leaned forward, was very in fat ick. every person, accountable. there is no mistaking what he is talking about. no mistaking it. he did say investigation. but it is a definite promise. and he is a man of his word. that they are going to be investigating trump for the most serious, readily probable crime within the words of the department of justice. no less than obstru...

Of the obstruction at the front end of the they encountered. thank counter from trump allies. and because, as they piece together their investigation, they realize that this was a deeply coordinated effort, a conspiracy, on the part of the committee says, donald trump, and his allies. not just overturn the results of the election, but when all of their efforts failed, when they tried to lean on every lever of power available, to the white house, and the executive branch. then they resorted to vi...

Im joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes. he has been looking into the story. peter, in the first instance, this seems rather shocking to me. they were protesting what appears to be quite peacefully, they are allowed to do that, so why were they arrested? this was because youre absolutely right — a peaceful protest outside a very close to the steps of the supreme court, but during course of that demonstration a nearby road, a street was blocked for a period of time. what th...

Look, and to not take responsibility for what happened. there is a whole issue about what actually has been turned over, what, if any agents preserved anything. a huge number of questions. finally, the ultimate question, can you get anything, including metadata which would at least give you who was communicating with who, potentially for how long, even if you dont have that substance. there is a lot to be continued. this is one of the unfortunate scandals. the only really bad part of this is obs...

Overturn our election? >> this is the question that we all struggle with. and you and i have talked about this a lot. the problem that we faces a country is the fact that the former president seems to have a real knack for alluding accountability. committing acts of obstruction while he was the president, former business dealings -- he seems to be very tough on [inaudible] when it seems to be being held accountable. it seems clear to -- i think thats why we are all frankly a little bit jaded, as...

>> i feel like i ask you this question almost every time i speak to you. but you said today that you are hoping to see trump face the same kind of justice bannon is facing here. how likely is it that we are going to see attorney general merrick garland, during his tenure, file some kind of charge against donald trump for his role in the 2020 attempt to overturn our election? >> this is the question that we all struggle with. and you and i have talked about this a lot. the problem that we faces a...

Or a congressional proceeding, was required to show up when his testimony was called for. >> i feel like i ask you this question every time i speak to youqu but you said today youre hoping to see trumpt face the same kind of justice bannon is facing here. how likely is it that we are goingli to see attorney general merrick garland during his tenure file some kind of charge against donald trump for his role in the 2020 attempt to overturn our election? >> this is the question that we all struggle...

Told anyone, that same day, the son said yes, when an fbi agent called and asked if he would meet with him, to tell him what caused him to send him that tip down to the fbi. the son, that same day -- the day that his dad threaten to kill him, met with an fbi agent, told him what he knew about his fathers activities on january 6th, and gave him something. when the dad had told the son and daughter about having his loaded gun with him at the capitol during the attack, it turns out the son had been...