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I think that technically amounts to, in terms of prosecutable, indomitable, convicted of a crime. but, the obstruction of the official proceeding does seem, quite clear, what they have so far? >> the obstruction statute is by the government with defending, corruptly, is to interfere or block in an official proceeding. you can do that by lying under oath, and before a congressional investigation and it is an ultimate serious act, and it was an ultimate attempt to obstruct the ultimate for proceeding. this is the official proceeding, necessary, before the transfer of power in the democracy. they...

Basis to go in but the brief that was unredacted says these concerns are particularly compelling in this case and then says, unfortunately, as explained in the affidavit, and then it's blacked out on page 9. but it's clear that the affidavit from this gave compelling reasons for obstruction in this particular case, that it wasn't just an abstract concern. so that is just confirming in this brief and what we surmised from the statutory site in the search warrant that was previously disclosed on section 1519, of the federal criminal statutes, which as i mentioned is the obstruction statute. that...

And it goes through categories, like witness information. so, andrew weissman, when they go through these categories they are explaining why you would not identify witnesses in a potential criminal case while you're still bringing new witnesses in and going through the documents that were finally turned over during the mar-a-lago search. am i correct? >> yeah, absolutely. and so i think it is commendable that the department and the court has done something that we did in the special counsel investigation, which was really making sure they went through everything to unredact, even this, which i...

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...

>> yeah. one of the things reported is boxes going in and out. so that's the kind of thing they could have seen. i think this is part of the reason that you saw in the search warrant the reference to section 1519 of the criminal statute. that is an obstruction statute. and that is the kind of thing that the department could have been very focused on false statements and false representations being made to them that everything had been returned. only to find, you know, in the search, that that was not true. and that kind of crime, i can tell you when i was in the department. that is the kind of...