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Back here, especially because you specialize in the mishandling of classified documents. the trump team is outraged over the photo we will put up now, the photo included in the doj filing, calling it gratuitous. what do you think of that? what is your reaction? >> this is what happens when you collect evidence, in particular if you are collecting classified evidence. this is not an education indication of what it looked like, this is trying to demonstrate, this is the material sees from this particular location. one of the things that jumps out is, or are, i should say, what are called cover s...

That reflects their own ignorance about the sensitivity of these documents. and the fact that there is no precedent for this. like it happens all the time, it does not. i know that in the previous administration, there was great care taken about appropriate procedures for the retention and storage of presidential papers -- which are under the jurisdiction of the national archives. there is a huge difference and one of the reasons for having those cover sheets is so you can readily identify when you have a document that you're not supposed to see or that you shouldn't have. to me, the defense o...

You're quite right with that, nick. brandon, good to have you back because you specialize in mishandling of classified documents. the trump team is expressing outrageove over the photo inclu the doj filing. what do you think of that? what is your reaction? >> this is what happens when you collect evidence in particular if you're collecting classified evidence. this isn't an indication of what it looked like. this is an indication trying to demonstrate this is the material seized from this particular location and one of the things that jumps out is these cover sheets. when you have classified d...

And that's a really -- >> you look at the floor, you see documents, right? they have cover sheets of documents. no, they put them there john and they put them there in a messy fashion. then they took a picture and they released it to the public. and this is what we're dealing with, with these people. >> i have never, ever seen that. that is not the way his office looks. anyone that knows president trump's office, he has guests frequently there. it's just a joke. >> my apologies, that was of course the wrong sound. that was other claims by the trump forces. we think we do have carol leonnig, do...

Former president can't climb executive privilege after leaving office. was that question answered? >> it is an open question of law. the judge was correct in that. now, it is very difficult for a former president to invoke executive privilege particularly when the current president is not invoking it but the supreme court has never closed the door on this. the nixon case from 1977, not the nixon tapes kis, the other case, the supreme court specifically said there could be times when a former president has a right to invoke executive privilege or at least to try, but it's particularly difficult...