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Prosecutor, that doesn't mean he or she brings every single case. that is not happening with ordinary crime. they may can prove one or two counts, do they want to do that? is it in the interest of justice and in the country's best justice? with hillary clinton, they passed on it. even though jim comey shouldn't have held that press conference, wasn't his call. i contend and say that is the case here. there is willfulness missing. this espionage statute and intention with presidential ord acts, there will be proof problems and it will be appealed to the supreme court. this will be three or four...

Free with the espionage statute to interpret in pretty much anyway they want. it does not appear that mr. gershkovich is being given due process here, sir. >> no, he's not. in fact, under the law in russia, they don't have to -- he's forbidden from revealing the details of the accusation against him. even his lawyers are not allowed to say what it is he's actually charged with. you may have noticed when they came out after their meeting with him, they restricted themselves to generalities thanking people for support and so on. they didn't say anything about what the he was charged with, what h...

Rorschach test and people kind of read into it what they want to see in those black boxes. >> that's a good metaphor because that's exactly what will happen. i guarantee you that trump supporters and trump, himself, we'll find lots of reasons to complain about all that black space. and they will go on endlessly about how things are dark conspiracies that are going on, and this is evidence of it. of course, it's not. but that is what they will argue. and no one can refute it into the rest of the document is released, if and when that ever happens. >> it will be like -- we are all trying to figu...

Released, if and when that ever happens. >> it will be like wordle, we'll all figure out how many letters can fit into a certain space. judge gertner, is there any scenario where the release of the affidavit could complicate things if it got to the case of charges and trial? >> sure. we have to step back to some degree. the espionage statute includes people who have disseminated information, not just people who have collected defense information. and it's a very broad statute, deals with unlawful transfer, unlawful destruction, and unlawful retention. so it's possible -- and so it's possible t...

0 from the company that powers more businesses than anyone else. call and start saving today. comcast business. powering possibilities. and good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the affidavit the justice department used to win approval for the fbi's search of mar-a-lago is being released at any moment by order of the justice department approving it by the federal judge magistrate on the case. much of it is likely to be redacted to conceal critical information about sources and methods the government used to persuade the judge there was probable cause for him to -- of poten...