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of -- the new york times is reporting tonight that former white house counsel warned donald trump last year when he was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal wired billet if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer sought to impress upon mr. trump pull the seriousness of the issue potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not retain the documents. in january, not long after the discussion with mr. herschmann, mr. trump turned over to the national archive 15 boxes of material. this is -- and so now, we k...

Residence in the desk drawer. what does it add to the possible prosecution hid that donald trump agreed to that initial handing backup documents that yes, i do all these documents to the government. would he be legally better off if he never gave back anything you just simply insisted his understanding was he did enough to give back anything? >> yes, exactly. le pen this is the world's worst set of facts for him. the fact she returned some but not almost clear he understood exactly what he was being told by our christmas. let's assume he's the only lawyer saying this. even i agree with brad th...

Benefit himself, but the way that works is only if the person comes clean, tells the truth and really is supported by other backup documents. so if i'm a prosecutor or member of congress deciding whether i want to credit and believe lev parnas, i need to see backup documentation before i take that leap. >> so as relates to, let's say now if true, what does this portend for the question of the day? the potential impeachment of the president? is this just an interesting element, or could this go to the question of, has the president committed impeachable offenses? >> well, it goes to the broader...

Laws. >> chairman nunes did say it looked lawful. one of the things we know is that a felony was committed in leaking general flynn's name out there. we know that. people don't seem interested. a lot of the storm about chairman nunes is just a distraction. people talk about loretta lynch when she met with president clinton. she did not recuse herself. this was the attorney general. she did not recuse yourself from that. i think this is a lot of effort not to get answers. chairman nunes also said that he has seen some reports and he has asked for the document, the backup documents. we won't kno...

Laws. >> chairman nunes did say it looked lawful. one of the things we know is that a felony was committed in leaking general flynn's name out there. we know that. people don't seem interested. a lot of the storm about chairman nunes is just a distraction. people talk about loretta lynch when she met with president clinton. she did not recuse herself. this was the attorney general. she did not recuse yourself from that. i think this is a lot of effort not to get answers. chairman nunes also said that he has seen some reports and he has asked for the document, the backup documents. we won't kno...