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Between donald trump and an orange jump suit is this investigation with the documents. and it's really kind of because it's so simple. and we haven't heard anything remotely approaching a rational, logical defense. i mean, for example, section 793e, which is the section of the espionage act that was cited in the search warrant, all that requires is for trump to have possessed in an authorized manner, documents that pertain to the national defense, and they could be used to the detriment of the united states, and have refused to give them back upon request to the officer of the united states wh...

Through either sources or discussions with trump's attorney with doj just realized, the gravity of what is still there. and it has been there and exposed to who? who has he told and showed it to? you don't charge 793 lightly. and understand something. it's not that they threw things into the warrant that might be possible. it's that they had probable cause to believe that espionage may be occurring. that's very significant. they wouldn't do that lightly. i am concerned about who is seeing it, who has he's discussed it with. and it could be real damage. and with the washington post reporting th...

Act. you can't use the espionage act. it was used against ellsberg. people can say now we can get trump. we couldn't get him previously but we can use it against trump and try to disqualify it. we're going to amend the constitution and save the criteria. it goes beyond the constitution. congress can pass a statute saiding if you're convicted under a crime, you can't. if that were true a democratic controlled congress could disqualify a republican like trump for running against re-election. that would be unconstitutional. >> sean: let me focus in on one thing that you're saying here. the espion...

As you know? >> reporter: that is a very, very, very smart thing to point out. and i think it's going to be a hugely important part of this investigation because the former president is coming up with various excuses or explanations for why these things were there. one of them is, you know, i declassified them. another one is even more exotic one is that just by sending documents to the residence at the white house from the secure areas of white house to his bedroom, that by virtue of that he was declassifying them. all of these things obviously there's a reason why he's doing this because he ...

Potentially classified materials and evidence of crimes. today we learned exactly which laws the justice department had reason to believe may have been violated. what specific items they were searching for and what they took from the immediate past presidents home. here's a second detachment to the warrant. it is titled quote, attachment b. property to be ceased -- all physical documents and records constituting evidence contraband fruits of crime or other items illegally possessed in violation of 18 u.s. code section 793, 2071 or 1519. that string of numbers i just read is actually a set of f...