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All you might remember he is the lead investigator for the bob mueller obstruction investigation. he told the new york times quote, demanding that evidence be destroyed is the most basic form of obstruction and it is easy for a jury to understand. he also said that whats described in this indictment is actually more quote, straightforwardly criminal, then the obstructive acts detailed in the mueller report. based on what youve seen, do you agree? how does evidence like this play in front of a ju...

Now, it goes to things weve seen about the leading the server, information thats had the cctv covered. so, this isnt just one obstructive act. we now have a very broad, multi faceted obstruction pattern, which frankly, weve seen for a long, long time. that was the entire second volume of the mueller report. now, the second big thing in the superseding indictment is the government added one mishandling counts, and is notably the document allegedly that he showed to people up at bedminster. and wh...

View, _ somewhat a nonconventional view, i— somewhat a nonconventional view, i dont necessarily think it view, idont necessarily think it is— view, i dont necessarily think it is a — view, i dont necessarily think it is a horrible thing not be part— it is a horrible thing not be part of— it is a horrible thing not be part of the reason the special counsel brought the case there was because it was the most likely— was because it was the most likely place where a venue would _ likely p...

Washington. but how does jack smith -- how does this case end up in one jurisdiction or the other if there is a trial? >> so, this is a complicated legal issue. because the law in florida and the law in d.c., those two federal jurisdictions, is different. in florida, you could bring the obstruction case either where the acts of suction or committed, or where the investigation is that is being obstructed, namely an investigation in d.c.. either of those would be fine. but if you were to go to d.c...

Brought criminal charges against one person in two different venues. for example, we saw the paul manafort case, a case andrew weissmann would know better than anybody, they charged him both in virginia and washington, d.c. here you could see charges happen in two different venues. a person who is going to play a really key role in the decision of where to bring charges or whose office or reptdative from their office would play a key role would be the solicitor generals office. this is somebody ...

Element it wasnt just obstructing an investigation. like sort of a -- that was, but it was obstructing an investigation to ensure that classified information that could damage national security was obtained and any damage rectified. thats the obstructive act. so it really elevates i think the concern and really the -- level of seriousness of the conduct were talking about. >> when you look at the public-facing evidence of obstruction, do you see things that normal person wouldnt? i mean, do you ...

To say don mcgahn was being somewhat difficult, and it was only cooperating some of the time. that was 15 minutes later. apparently, mr. mcgahn did tell the committee what he knows and what he saw and that the conclusion of todays testimony, chairman out there told reporters don mckenna to shed new light on several troubling events. another of the few lawmakers that was present in the closed-door session today confirmed don mcgahn detailed but the repeated pressure he got put under from former p...

And said that this would be the narrowest impeachment in histo history. just of dress the judge. >> i would make two points. hypocrisy and politics. again, politics always covers over impeachment. and we can debate all day about whether a particular obstructive act would qualify as the framers idea of a high crime and misdemeanor. the fact of the matter is if it was trivial or if it was a one-off, or if it was not suggestive of a heinous pattern of conduct, congress would not dare try to impeach...

Mr. lewandowski had said had never occurred their longstanding relationship and he wanted mr. lewandowski to tell mr. sessions to pare down the russia investigation and if he wouldnt take that meeting hed be fired and that was an obstructive act and it took me 30 seconds to explain that and it took him hours to cop to that and it goes to the obstructive behavior that weve seen from this white house. >> when you talk about it taking a long time, it did. in a lot of ways i have to say there were h...

Something that you knew was against the law? >> i didnt think the president would ask me to do anything illegal. >> you didnt think it would have been illegal for you to ask mr. sessions to drop the investigation and to just go on to future presidents and omit everything with this president, say were going to start with the next one about colluding with russia? you didnt think that was illegal to obstruct justice? >> congressman, the president didnt ask me to do anything illegal. >> lewandowski ...