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i mean doj, forget about it. trump will either try to pardon himself, we don't know if that's legal or not but he may try that or just order what will then be his doj to drop the case. if you look at the state cases, manhattan and potentially fulton county, there is just no way that they will be permitted to take the sitting president on trial in a manhattan state-level courtroom or a fulton county state-level courtroom. that just won't happen. - i want to ask about the judge in the florida case. - [elie] yes. - the case was randomly assigned to florida district judge aileen cannon. she has faced skepticism in recent weeks over her ability to remain fair and impartial in the case because she was appointed by trump and has made numerous rulings in his favor earlier on in this classified documents investigation which were overturned on appeal. you don't believe that she has to or will recuse herself. - right. - why? - first of all, i object to the instant vilification of this judge and frankly the underestimating o
i mean doj, forget about it. trump will either try to pardon himself, we don't know if that's legal or not but he may try that or just order what will then be his doj to drop the case. if you look at the state cases, manhattan and potentially fulton county, there is just no way that they will be permitted to take the sitting president on trial in a manhattan state-level courtroom or a fulton county state-level courtroom. that just won't happen. - i want to ask about the judge in the florida...
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, to be more cooperative, to settle with doj. "the washington post" reports the goal was to negotiate to avoid charges, to mix cooperating and deal with bhakd a disadvantage or advantage, the complexity that doj might not want to do this. they might want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former president. and let me tell you something -- that's decent lawyering. as a lawyer, you always look at the law and the facts. the law might run against your client, as it clearly did here. donald trump has been indicted. but the facts sometimes held, and while no person is supposed to be above the law, if you can go to the doj with facts and say there may have been problems but this is a former official, or this was a police officer, or this was a general, or this is a doctor who meant well, using the facts of the situation, and we're willing to cooperate, we really think there's a way to get this done without charges, that really can work if it's honest, done in good faith -- and this is where they failed -- if it's done in time. but he d
, to be more cooperative, to settle with doj. "the washington post" reports the goal was to negotiate to avoid charges, to mix cooperating and deal with bhakd a disadvantage or advantage, the complexity that doj might not want to do this. they might want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former president. and let me tell you something -- that's decent lawyering. as a lawyer, you always look at the law and the facts. the law might run against your client, as it clearly did here....
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dare doj to respond what looked like a provocation. doj responded. they searched and found this jackpot, 102 documents that trump was hiding. the discovered documents proved, as far as jack smith was concerned, that trump was lie about returning all the documents and, that led to these charges. by holding the documents, donald trump very clearly set off the chain of events which then got him caught red handed. it was kind of a slow path. over a year from the initial clash with the archives, months from the doj request. now, we made this time line here in our reporting, gleaned from the evidence that we have. this is the kind of thing, not exactly this, but the kind of material, the kind of argument that the jury would hear in this case, backed up by trump's own admission about giving back some. also backed up by the lawyer's notes if they're admitted into evidence and the public record. so now in this new interview, donald trump does what donald trump does. he mixes some of those admissions with other lies. think about the length of time i just showe
dare doj to respond what looked like a provocation. doj responded. they searched and found this jackpot, 102 documents that trump was hiding. the discovered documents proved, as far as jack smith was concerned, that trump was lie about returning all the documents and, that led to these charges. by holding the documents, donald trump very clearly set off the chain of events which then got him caught red handed. it was kind of a slow path. over a year from the initial clash with the archives,...
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they have been you know doj gone after for coming forward. other thing to think about in my time doj no one let's the statute of limitations run out the tax the statute of limitations are -- yea. >> i mean everything everyone it is obvious it is embarrass -- hunter was careless in the messages. he is a dope, sorry. i'm sure he is proud but so obvious what was going on in the messages. shaking down the chinese and chinese wanted influence. not looking for business or acoutput he has none. he has the last name biden that's all that china wanted >> intentional protection by the doj because he was the president's son if you don't believe residence read the transcripts. why we'll link them on instagram and twitter. thank you for being here great to see you >> developments in the hunter biden case today ring of econeration for the president's son and some ways for the president himself because of the untort attacks house republicans made. republicans need to take the loss in the biden probe they were handed a verdict by the trump attorney it is tim
they have been you know doj gone after for coming forward. other thing to think about in my time doj no one let's the statute of limitations run out the tax the statute of limitations are -- yea. >> i mean everything everyone it is obvious it is embarrass -- hunter was careless in the messages. he is a dope, sorry. i'm sure he is proud but so obvious what was going on in the messages. shaking down the chinese and chinese wanted influence. not looking for business or acoutput he has none....
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because the nil rightfully points out this case is a very strong case at the doj is making. it's very straightforward and it is very simple, there are off-ramps for her. they suggest that the doj may have in its back pocket, a potential indictment in bedminster, which is where some of the recordings trump made where he acknowledged that he had classified documents in his possession and that you can declassified them post presidency. do you think bedminster exists as a sort of fail safe for the doj, or is that a paranoid fantastical thinking? >> you know, it's an interesting theory. there are certainly allegations that it was a bedminster in new jersey, that he disclosed to unauthorized people about classified information. so, it could be a basis for a charge. but it seems like the indictment in florida is a very solid one. it's got evidence -- 31 counts of espionage act violations, as well as six other counts against donald trump, and so i think they're going full speed on that one. i don't know about this back pocket new jersey. maybe it does, maybe it doesn't exist. i thin
because the nil rightfully points out this case is a very strong case at the doj is making. it's very straightforward and it is very simple, there are off-ramps for her. they suggest that the doj may have in its back pocket, a potential indictment in bedminster, which is where some of the recordings trump made where he acknowledged that he had classified documents in his possession and that you can declassified them post presidency. do you think bedminster exists as a sort of fail safe for the...
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>> people forget that the doj is part of the executive branch. this is joe biden's doj. this is joe biden's ag. we have an ongoing investigation by jim jordan into whether or not the fbi is weaponize or politicized and the doj is being weaponize to. certainly, if you look and compare and contrast, the facts in the hillary clinton case are very, very similar except that we don't know any attempts to delete or destroy 33,000 e-mails or devices that might also have that information on them. or if you look at the location of joe biden and it goes back how many years? and the lack of importance if you compare the fact that mar-a-lago was rated but joe biden's homes were not and neither was hillary clinton's home rated. if you look at the warp speed by which they put this indictment together and compare that to any of the investigations involving hunter or joe biden or hillary clinton, there is no comparison, jonathan. i think the country rightly tonight should be asking whether or not our constitutional protections of equal justice and equal application of our laws are in eff
>> people forget that the doj is part of the executive branch. this is joe biden's doj. this is joe biden's ag. we have an ongoing investigation by jim jordan into whether or not the fbi is weaponize or politicized and the doj is being weaponize to. certainly, if you look and compare and contrast, the facts in the hillary clinton case are very, very similar except that we don't know any attempts to delete or destroy 33,000 e-mails or devices that might also have that information on them....
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and so in many ways, donald trump forced doj's hand, doj had that two options. wait until tuesday, at arraignment to ask the court to unseal the indictment. or ask the court early to unseal the indictment. i was, i sat on this network on thursday night, that the department had 24 hours alex to release this information. or they risk of losing, or creating an information vacuum if you will. in which donald trump and allies would fill. i am glad that my former colleagues asked the court to release this information early. and i encourage to jack smith's point, everybody to take a moment, and to read it. because it is not legal leads. >> it is not. >> -- >> >> it's very straightforward. >> it's easy to understand. you don't have to take my word as a talking head who used to work for the justice department. it's really quite a stunning amount of detail. >> yes, take a listen to what former trump lawyer, timothy parlatore said earlier this week. here it is. >> so, i don't think is so much a choice to go to florida, so much as it is a choice that if you go to d.c., it's
and so in many ways, donald trump forced doj's hand, doj had that two options. wait until tuesday, at arraignment to ask the court to unseal the indictment. or ask the court early to unseal the indictment. i was, i sat on this network on thursday night, that the department had 24 hours alex to release this information. or they risk of losing, or creating an information vacuum if you will. in which donald trump and allies would fill. i am glad that my former colleagues asked the court to release...
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and indicted donald trump writes on truth social, the corrupt biden doj cleared up hundreds of years of criminal liability by giving hunter biden a mere traffic ticket. our system is broken. this is on a separate track from congressional republicans. congress republicans, they are investigating the hunter biden -- hunter biden's family, and james comer, the chairman of the oversight committee says he's got information showing millions of dollars of payment to the biden family and something that he's going to continue investigating on the hill. back to you. >> sandra: rich, thank you. >> john: miranda devine, "new york post" columnist and fox news contributor. it's worth, miranda, starting off by repeating what rich said just then, competing statements from chris clark, hunter biden's attorney and the doj, saying with the announcement of two agreements between my client, hunter biden and the united states attorney's office for the district of delaware, it is my understanding that the five-year investigation into hunter is resolved. however, look at what the doj said in its statement,
and indicted donald trump writes on truth social, the corrupt biden doj cleared up hundreds of years of criminal liability by giving hunter biden a mere traffic ticket. our system is broken. this is on a separate track from congressional republicans. congress republicans, they are investigating the hunter biden -- hunter biden's family, and james comer, the chairman of the oversight committee says he's got information showing millions of dollars of payment to the biden family and something that...
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you know, people forget that the doj is part of the executive branch. this is joe biden's doj. this is joe biden'thiss ag. you know, we have an ongoing investigation by jim jordan on the house judiciary committee into whether or not the fbi has weaponized or politicized and the doj is being weaponize d. certainly, if you look and yourt compare and you caainly,n trust, i mean, the facts in the hillary clinton case are very, very similar, except butan we don't know of any any attempts to delete or destroy 33,000 emails or devices that also have that information on them. or it alsoef look at the locatif joe biden and it goes back how many yearsgoes and the lack of importance. if you compare the fact that yo was raided but joe biden's homes were not and neither was hillary clinton's homes home raided.n's if you look at the the warp war speed, which they they put this indictment together and compare that to any of the investigations involving hunter or joe biden or hillary clinton. there's no comparison,. jonathan. and i think the country rightly tonight should be asking y itselfhet
you know, people forget that the doj is part of the executive branch. this is joe biden's doj. this is joe biden'thiss ag. you know, we have an ongoing investigation by jim jordan on the house judiciary committee into whether or not the fbi has weaponized or politicized and the doj is being weaponize d. certainly, if you look and yourt compare and you caainly,n trust, i mean, the facts in the hillary clinton case are very, very similar, except butan we don't know of any any attempts to delete...
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you studied this doj up and down, up close and personal. your reaction now that we have comments rolling in from kevin mccarthy blasting this. steve palese and so many others in the house of representatives like jim jordan. your reaction tonight? >> look, merrick garland the attorney general controls the timing of this. the timing is really outrageous because it comes right as the fbi is finally being forced by james homer and the house oversight committee to hand over this evidence of joe biden receiving a $5 million bribe from ukraine win he was vice president. this is devastating to the president. it should be devastating. but of course they have just brought out this shiny object to make all of the media look over there. you will not see anything about the biden bribery stories in the new york times or the washington post. all you will hear about is trump, trump, trump. it is pure election interference. disgusting. >> byron, you actually spoke to president trump last night. did he see this coming? >> yes, he did. my dinner with him had
you studied this doj up and down, up close and personal. your reaction now that we have comments rolling in from kevin mccarthy blasting this. steve palese and so many others in the house of representatives like jim jordan. your reaction tonight? >> look, merrick garland the attorney general controls the timing of this. the timing is really outrageous because it comes right as the fbi is finally being forced by james homer and the house oversight committee to hand over this evidence of...
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how can the doj possibly charge me who did nothing wrong. new york times even reports that trump expects to face charges. he recently left trump's legal team and he joins me now. you said you would not be surprised if you were not indicted up until now and i wonder if the developments of the past few days, in particular the meeting with the doj changes how you are thinking about that likelihood? >> obviously i have no idea what happened inside the meeting. i evaluate the case based on what i know to be the fax as opposed to what was just publicly reported so my opinion as a lawyer is that this is something that should not result in charges however, will it result in charges? that is up in the air. a lot of that goes down to what the prosecutors decide to do. >> i have seen previous interviews about this i guess the core question i have, i have been in a civil case where somebody says you have to hold documents for discovery and people take that seriously, these are not national security stuff, just make sure you search your email, i feel lik
how can the doj possibly charge me who did nothing wrong. new york times even reports that trump expects to face charges. he recently left trump's legal team and he joins me now. you said you would not be surprised if you were not indicted up until now and i wonder if the developments of the past few days, in particular the meeting with the doj changes how you are thinking about that likelihood? >> obviously i have no idea what happened inside the meeting. i evaluate the case based on...
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that's not what doj came for. they didn't come for things that were mishandled which a potential crime, initially not given back to nara which could have been a potential crime. this isn't accurate from a legal standpoint but they seemed to have taken all's well that ends well and the things he's charged for are things we still don't know for sure are back in the possession of the federal government. what do you make of "the times" and "the post" pretty amazing story that's happening over and over again. trump's lawyer roulette happens every time trump's under scrutiny, and here we go again. >> yes, and i think the approach we've now read about that chris kise wanted to take, that's the approach i would have expected really of any competent attorney who was trying to do the best for his client. he just had a client who just doesn't does not want to listen to his attorney's advice when it's not consistent with whatever he personally feels is the right thing to do. and i think that's, you know, really coming back to
that's not what doj came for. they didn't come for things that were mishandled which a potential crime, initially not given back to nara which could have been a potential crime. this isn't accurate from a legal standpoint but they seemed to have taken all's well that ends well and the things he's charged for are things we still don't know for sure are back in the possession of the federal government. what do you make of "the times" and "the post" pretty amazing story that's...
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so you got the doj protecting hillary clinton in 2016. drum was able to win but clearly they were working against him and they were even willing to use an uncorroborated frankly unverifiable or in the words of durp they couldn't prove a single thing in that dossier, nothing and operation crossfire hurricane never should have opened up. pre-bunking the "new york post" story about hutter's laptop from hell that miranda probably knows inside and out better than anybody else in the country and now we have got one prosecution after another after another and one venue after another that's not favorable to donald trump. they're trying to do the say thing and put cinder blocks on the scales of presidential elections, the deep state in favor of joe biden again. >> absolutely and that's exactly what they are doing. putting cinder blocks on the scales of this election as they have now in two previous election cycles. first, by shielding hillary clinton, and her pay for play scheme then by shielding joe biden and hub over they are influence peddling
so you got the doj protecting hillary clinton in 2016. drum was able to win but clearly they were working against him and they were even willing to use an uncorroborated frankly unverifiable or in the words of durp they couldn't prove a single thing in that dossier, nothing and operation crossfire hurricane never should have opened up. pre-bunking the "new york post" story about hutter's laptop from hell that miranda probably knows inside and out better than anybody else in the...
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doj told doj she made a false statement and yet nothing was done. which false statements get the attention of biden's justice department and which do not? why the disparate treatment? congress is entitled to review decisions not to charge. congress cannot interfere with an investigation, but congress can ask what is taking so long and whether there is different treatment for different people. house oversight chairman james comer from the great state of kentucky joins us now. thank you for joining us, mr. chairman, tell us what you wanted from the bureau and judge you wanted it. >> james: we wanted it because we had whistleblowers approach senator grassley about their concern there was form 1023 in existence and the fbi had never investigated it. we requested the form and honestly, trey, the fbi tried to act like the form didn't expect and not until senator grassley and i got on the phone with director wray and senator grassley told director wray that senator grassley and myself had read the formen it23 from a whistleblower, we knew darn well it exis
doj told doj she made a false statement and yet nothing was done. which false statements get the attention of biden's justice department and which do not? why the disparate treatment? congress is entitled to review decisions not to charge. congress cannot interfere with an investigation, but congress can ask what is taking so long and whether there is different treatment for different people. house oversight chairman james comer from the great state of kentucky joins us now. thank you for...
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do you think bedminster exist post doj or is that fantastical thinking? >> there are allegations it was at bedminster in new jersey where he disclosed to unauthorized peopleos classifie information, so it could be a basis for a charge. it seems like the indictment in florida is a very solid one. it's got evidence, 31 counts of espionage act violations as well as six other counts against donald trump. and so i think they're going full speed on that one. i don't know about this back pocket new jersey. maybe it does, maybe it doesn't exist. i think people are rightfully concerned about canon in part because her inexperience. she's young, but whenever you get ag, judge there's always a risk they've not dealt with this case before. many judges are only civil lawyers, but i think the thing that has people most spooked is her ruling in the search warrant matter. the ruling was really lawless. i don't know if that was a lack of experience that we were seeing or if she was simply swayed byhe the right-wing talkg points, but she completely ignored the legally stand
do you think bedminster exist post doj or is that fantastical thinking? >> there are allegations it was at bedminster in new jersey where he disclosed to unauthorized peopleos classifie information, so it could be a basis for a charge. it seems like the indictment in florida is a very solid one. it's got evidence, 31 counts of espionage act violations as well as six other counts against donald trump. and so i think they're going full speed on that one. i don't know about this back pocket...
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, not only in the institution of government, but specifically in the fbi and doj. you're going to hear a drumbeat of that kind of criticism over the course of the next several months and weeks. it's hard to imagine that merrick garland would want to talk, but i sort of hope that he does. >> there is precedent for. this president for jack smith talking about this. they cannot do it. tuesday at three pm is just a couple of news cycles away. it's not like we have to really endure some difficulty waiting period. the new york times is already on to it. reporters will collect more and more details of what is going on in this thing between now and tuesday at 3:00. we have a pretty good idea of it already. i don't think they're going to run into serious problems. there will be some rabid trump supporters in congress that will be as rabid as they always are, but i think that what you're going to see is an awful lot of hanging back by most senators, most republican members of the house, just really waiting for tuesday to see exactly what it is that they're going to be called
, not only in the institution of government, but specifically in the fbi and doj. you're going to hear a drumbeat of that kind of criticism over the course of the next several months and weeks. it's hard to imagine that merrick garland would want to talk, but i sort of hope that he does. >> there is precedent for. this president for jack smith talking about this. they cannot do it. tuesday at three pm is just a couple of news cycles away. it's not like we have to really endure some...
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we know according to the doj, trump lied to the lawyer and the government. that's explained in the filing with the reference to trump attorney 1, which we hear at msnbc have identified as very likely corcoran, and that he will be a key witness. it is corcoran's notes that bust trump for those things that we were all frantically reading to you on friday saying things like i don't want anybody looking through my boxes, i really don't. i don't want you looking through my boxes. trump said, what happens if we just don't respond at all, or just don't play ball with him. and trotting out his justice plan, wouldn't it be better if we just told them we don't have anything here. isn't it better if there are no documents, which is a proposed lie because there were documents. those same notes depict trump referring to possibly illegal material, which he for shorthand here calls the bad stuff. again, in secret, he had no reason to this this would go to the government or beyond tv. he secretly asks, if there's anything really bad in there, we just pluck it out. let me be
we know according to the doj, trump lied to the lawyer and the government. that's explained in the filing with the reference to trump attorney 1, which we hear at msnbc have identified as very likely corcoran, and that he will be a key witness. it is corcoran's notes that bust trump for those things that we were all frantically reading to you on friday saying things like i don't want anybody looking through my boxes, i really don't. i don't want you looking through my boxes. trump said, what...
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arguably, this case never would've gotten to doj until it got to doj. what i mean by that, there is a period of time when the national archives was involved. not doj. they were saying, hey, we think of some of our documents. this back and forth is going on. only when nothing was going on didn't go to doj. these are things that could have been averted. i think that's the message of this indictment. what people will engage in whataboutism, and i think that's fair to have a discussion about that, i think of the point route turn, as expressed in this indictment, is not possessing the documents. it is what happened once possession was established. this concealment, the hiding, the moving around, the deceiving one's own lawyers and government agents. >> you're gonna show us our defense chops in the next hour. >> the toughest critic. >> i will have my a game, or might begin. >> i'm getting a stern wrap it up from an executive producer, coming up, didn't i'll talk to again soon. refusing to criticize the rival. >> an indictment against a former president i thin
arguably, this case never would've gotten to doj until it got to doj. what i mean by that, there is a period of time when the national archives was involved. not doj. they were saying, hey, we think of some of our documents. this back and forth is going on. only when nothing was going on didn't go to doj. these are things that could have been averted. i think that's the message of this indictment. what people will engage in whataboutism, and i think that's fair to have a discussion about that,...
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the doj did nothing. i never thought i would see mobsters and mobs going out in front of the supreme court justice private home and screaming and yelling to intimidate them so it would alter their judicial opinion. the doj staffed by lawyers. >> it is hard to miss. brett kavanaugh is a republican and a conservative. he is on that body. they are the scales of justice, blind scales of justice. people who are on the other side of the aisle don't have blinders on. they see that he is different than what they would prefer on the left side of the aisle. victor, thank you for being with me. sean hannity is now. >>> and harris, thank you. great coverage tonight. welcome to hannity. we begin with the fox news alert. the 45th president of the united states the leading 20 tour 2024 candidate donald day trump has been indicted by the department of justice. for the first time in american history a sitting president's doj has indicted the top political rival ahead of a presidential campaign. here is donald trump just a
the doj did nothing. i never thought i would see mobsters and mobs going out in front of the supreme court justice private home and screaming and yelling to intimidate them so it would alter their judicial opinion. the doj staffed by lawyers. >> it is hard to miss. brett kavanaugh is a republican and a conservative. he is on that body. they are the scales of justice, blind scales of justice. people who are on the other side of the aisle don't have blinders on. they see that he is...
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it is a doj, a grand jury. there is a process here. >> so this is the textbook case of the republican trump trap, where a candidate like ron desantis performs for a republican primary audience, but then, puts himself at risk. let's say he makes it through, let's say donald trump goes to jail, and ron desantis becomes a republican nominee. then he has to face general election voters, and explain why he thought it was okay with donald trump did, and that it's the justice department, and law enforcement that is actually wrong here. that is what happened to candidates in the midterm elections in 2022. that is why they lost. because they were to align to donald trump. they were perceived as being too radical. so desantis is trying to signal to trump, i'm okay, i'm one of you. but that can end up costing him if he actually makes it. >> and to carlos's point, is there really a risk of true manga dying hearts actually saying, no, this is not a politicization of an administrative arm like the doj? >> katie, it's difficu
it is a doj, a grand jury. there is a process here. >> so this is the textbook case of the republican trump trap, where a candidate like ron desantis performs for a republican primary audience, but then, puts himself at risk. let's say he makes it through, let's say donald trump goes to jail, and ron desantis becomes a republican nominee. then he has to face general election voters, and explain why he thought it was okay with donald trump did, and that it's the justice department, and law...
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it is not at doj. there's clearly a separation. not just title but physicality between jack smith and merrick garland and i imagine that is very intentional. >> totally. yesterday, last evening, the people saying that merrick garland or lisa, the deputy attorney general, saying they approved the indictment. and the reporting was, no, no, they didn't disapprove it. their power would only be to say no if it was so beyond the pale. second, when we heard defense counsel went into the department of justice earlier this week to appeal and say please don't bring this case, neither the attorney general nor the deputy attorney general were there. why? because they're the political appointees of the president. instead, career people heard this. so this is very intentional to deal with -- >> in fairness, with respect to your former colleagues, we would expect they are fully in the loop. so whether we use the lawyerly terminology -- >> they were not deciding. >> no. not deciding. under the special counsel rules, they're not supposed to be. hav
it is not at doj. there's clearly a separation. not just title but physicality between jack smith and merrick garland and i imagine that is very intentional. >> totally. yesterday, last evening, the people saying that merrick garland or lisa, the deputy attorney general, saying they approved the indictment. and the reporting was, no, no, they didn't disapprove it. their power would only be to say no if it was so beyond the pale. second, when we heard defense counsel went into the...
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the doj has long held the line. we do not let people into our investing in the files and if congress pushes here, doj is going to hold the line and if necessary, take it to court. >> thank you. great reporting. >>> we are joined by congresswoman nancy mesa with thoughts. >>> we have more on the significance of the banging sounds, detected in e search for the titan submersible. a lot of people wondering, what the passengers might be going through right now. i know that you probably have this conversation, if i were in that submersible, 13,000 feet down, what would i be doing? we will get expert insight from a retired astronaut who has trained underwater. that is next. >>> another supreme court justice coming under scrutiny in a report for going on a luxury vacation paid for by republican donors. samuel alito responding in an op-ed before the reporting came out, defending himself. we will get into all of it. ( ( ♪ ) unique style, ( ♪ ) cutting edge innovation... ...and thoughtl details... ...inspired by you. ( ♪
the doj has long held the line. we do not let people into our investing in the files and if congress pushes here, doj is going to hold the line and if necessary, take it to court. >> thank you. great reporting. >>> we are joined by congresswoman nancy mesa with thoughts. >>> we have more on the significance of the banging sounds, detected in e search for the titan submersible. a lot of people wondering, what the passengers might be going through right now. i know that...
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now, jason, sinc e correspondent, doj correspondent not not that worried about the doj's role here. >> the unprecedentedworried dud a political cycle rather thatp i trump might actually have the upper hand in the narrativte . >> but i'm astonished really that the justice departmentdidnt really didn't seem to learn anything from last august whenyf ,you know, the fbi conducted a search of mar-a-lago and they said nothing for three days, allowing the forme nothingr president to sort of set the narrative to, frankly, you know, spin falsehoods about what happened. >> js this is what cnn is concerned about when we're we're borderin stuf the, you know, banana republic stuff. we're not bordering. no've entered the banana territory tonight. >> yeah, this is an absurd, ridiculousured territo and dangs indictment. i can't believe they haven't released irous i cat yet so that we can see it. i agree with miranda. i think the timing such that here james colmer and all the house republicans and democratss can go see what'n going on with the allegation from a credible source about joe biden. they jus
now, jason, sinc e correspondent, doj correspondent not not that worried about the doj's role here. >> the unprecedentedworried dud a political cycle rather thatp i trump might actually have the upper hand in the narrativte . >> but i'm astonished really that the justice departmentdidnt really didn't seem to learn anything from last august whenyf ,you know, the fbi conducted a search of mar-a-lago and they said nothing for three days, allowing the forme nothingr president to sort of...
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, not only in the institution of government, but specifically in the fbi and doj. you're going to hear a drumbeat of that kind of criticism over the course of the next several months and weeks. it's hard to imagine that merrick garland would want to talk, but i sort of hope that he does. >> there is precedent for. this president for jack smith talking about this. they cannot do it. tuesday at three pm is just a couple of news cycles away. it's not like we have to really endure some difficulty waiting period. the new york times is already on to it. reporters will collect more and more details of what is going on in this thing between now and tuesday at 3:00. we have a pretty good idea of it already. i don't think they're going to run into serious problems. there will be some rabid trump supporters in congress that will be as rabid as they always are, but i think that what you're going to see is an awful lot of hanging back by most senators, most republican members of the house, just really waiting for tuesday to see exactly what it is that they're going to be called
, not only in the institution of government, but specifically in the fbi and doj. you're going to hear a drumbeat of that kind of criticism over the course of the next several months and weeks. it's hard to imagine that merrick garland would want to talk, but i sort of hope that he does. >> there is precedent for. this president for jack smith talking about this. they cannot do it. tuesday at three pm is just a couple of news cycles away. it's not like we have to really endure some...
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they have politicized the doj and weaponized the doj and the fbi hierarchy. right now there's a mountain of evidence that joe biden played a crucial and critical role in hunter biden's foreign business deals. yes, he actually lied to us during the campaign in 2020 for example in july of 2017, hunter berated a chinese national from that state energy company for quote not fulfilling a commitment. quote, i'm sitting here with my father and would like to understand why the commitment made is not been fulfilled. hunter continue, quote, i will make certain that the man sitting next to me, pops, and every person he knows and my ability to hold a grudge, that you will regret mother following my direction. he thinks he is vito corleone here. i'm sitting here waiting for call from my informant father. on august 3rd more demands from hunter to another chinese energy company, quote, if you think this is about money, it's not. the bind's they are the best. i know at doing exactly what the chairman wants from this partnership. let's not quibble over peanuts. biden is doing
they have politicized the doj and weaponized the doj and the fbi hierarchy. right now there's a mountain of evidence that joe biden played a crucial and critical role in hunter biden's foreign business deals. yes, he actually lied to us during the campaign in 2020 for example in july of 2017, hunter berated a chinese national from that state energy company for quote not fulfilling a commitment. quote, i'm sitting here with my father and would like to understand why the commitment made is not...
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what is the process by which the doj can actually show this stuff in a meaningful way? >> the great question. it's an important question. in a case like this, the classified information has to be shown to the jury. the jury has to look at it and decide for itself whether the information qualifies as national defense information. the government can say it's classified, but only the jury can say that it's national defense information. it's a question of fact. so, unlike other cases where you might deal to summarize classified information substitute something that's less sensitive, this actually has been shown to the jury. that means it also asked me provide it to the defense. if the government wants to protect this information disclosure, they also need to afford the defendant's due process rights. so, there are procedures that are available to the government to allow that to happen, to provide a fair trial while protecting the information. >> so -- [laughter] what are those -- without getting too granular, does the district heavily redact -- how do you do that? how does
what is the process by which the doj can actually show this stuff in a meaningful way? >> the great question. it's an important question. in a case like this, the classified information has to be shown to the jury. the jury has to look at it and decide for itself whether the information qualifies as national defense information. the government can say it's classified, but only the jury can say that it's national defense information. it's a question of fact. so, unlike other cases where...
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back in april, it was reported that the doj was looking at four charges. is this right what we heard from all the commentators that this is just par for the course? the other two go away and this is how it all plays out? >> we don't have enough facts yet, laura, to know if it's a sweetheart deal. but it certainly a sweet deal for hunter biden. it doesn't look very normal to me at all. we don't have the plea agreement yet or what is called the factual basis which is part of it. i withhold final judgment. but i can tell you that it is unusual to let an individual get pretrial diversion on a felony gun charge particularly here where in addition to that you have got two tax misdemeanors that they have charge. i also want to make this point, which is he was charged with willful failure to pay taxes. that is a misdemeanor. but the felony of tax evasion takes very little additionally to prove. the only additional element there is that there is a affirmative active concealment. under the case law, the case law is brought on what the act could be. it could be as si
back in april, it was reported that the doj was looking at four charges. is this right what we heard from all the commentators that this is just par for the course? the other two go away and this is how it all plays out? >> we don't have enough facts yet, laura, to know if it's a sweetheart deal. but it certainly a sweet deal for hunter biden. it doesn't look very normal to me at all. we don't have the plea agreement yet or what is called the factual basis which is part of it. i withhold...
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donald trump's lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we've also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what's the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel's investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. nbc news correspondent, garrett haake and in florida, nbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. ken, what does florida have to do with the special counsel's investigation? >> all we know is that we expect at least one witness to testify before a grand jury in the southern district of florida in connection with this case. we don't even know that this grand jury is specifically devoted to this investigation. it may well just be a local grand jury and the range of possibilities is extreme. everything from
donald trump's lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we've also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what's the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel's investigation and who else could...
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we're all there when he told them they doj was blocked from doing this and so doj needs to answer that. >> doj i think wanted this to just go away on monday afternoo after these were announced, that's not happening and i thin it's impossible for that to continue somero at garland if h does not comment before the press, he will have to do so certainly in front of congress for this issue is not going away . your client today, what is his employment status with the united states government? >> he is still a supervisory special agent with the irs. he has helped investigate and see prosecuted massive international tax schemes, he's helped to recover $3.5 billion for the united states governmen through his investigations. he was taken off this investigation and so there is a very real problem with retaliation here. of course, you look at chris clark, hunter's attorney he tol prosecutors last that to charge that would be career suicide. we know that people are coming for kerry in the case agent it' is to congress to protect them and make sure they are not full interrogated against. the reques
we're all there when he told them they doj was blocked from doing this and so doj needs to answer that. >> doj i think wanted this to just go away on monday afternoo after these were announced, that's not happening and i thin it's impossible for that to continue somero at garland if h does not comment before the press, he will have to do so certainly in front of congress for this issue is not going away . your client today, what is his employment status with the united states government?...
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his chief political rival, has been indicted by the biden doj. quickly speaking, it is frankly more of the same for the gop front-runner who is now facing state charges in new york and ongoing investigation in georgia. and of course, now federal charges in the great state of florida. and this is where people are wondering, what on earth is going on, especially when you consider the unusual nature of this. this is all happening as the former president leads the current president, pretty comfortably in some polling. in fact, in the latest harris poll, i think it was like 47 to 40. >> they are trying to destroy the reputation so they can win an election. that is just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done over the last number of years and especially during the 2020 election. >> kevin: and this, of course, from louisiana steve scalise. let's be clear about what is happening. joe biden is work in i his department of justice against his own political rival. this sham indictment is the continuation of the endless political persecuti
his chief political rival, has been indicted by the biden doj. quickly speaking, it is frankly more of the same for the gop front-runner who is now facing state charges in new york and ongoing investigation in georgia. and of course, now federal charges in the great state of florida. and this is where people are wondering, what on earth is going on, especially when you consider the unusual nature of this. this is all happening as the former president leads the current president, pretty...
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and this from the pioneer press, doj, pattern of abuse by minneapolis police. let's bring in nbc's jesse, cheese on the ground in minneapolis for us also paul butler, msnbc legal analyst. law professor and federal prosecutor. welcome guys, let's start with you. what did this report reveal and how are residents they're reacting? >> yeah alex, bottom line, the attorney general for the united states merrick garland saying that the practices and the patterns that the justice department observed here in minneapolis made the murder of george floyd possible. i'll read you a line from this report from the justice department which says that the minneapolis police department quote uses unreasonable force and infringes on first amendment rights and discriminates based on race and disability, and specifically the justice department singling out that the police department was discriminating against black people as well as native american people and i want to read this other note because i think this is something that is another topic that gets a lot of conversation. the dep
and this from the pioneer press, doj, pattern of abuse by minneapolis police. let's bring in nbc's jesse, cheese on the ground in minneapolis for us also paul butler, msnbc legal analyst. law professor and federal prosecutor. welcome guys, let's start with you. what did this report reveal and how are residents they're reacting? >> yeah alex, bottom line, the attorney general for the united states merrick garland saying that the practices and the patterns that the justice department...
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if you recall kristen clark and the investigation there, the doj had extremely similar findings. if you go back, different administration, different doj, but the report that came out of ferguson also very similar when we're talking about this. so the issue is that american policing as it stands is broken and needs to move to a public service model. now, will this consent decree have any impact? it's very possible, but that's putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound. because the consent decree is only going to be as effective as number one, the independent monitor responsible for making sure it's implemented proper and the judge responsible for overseeing it, and that can change depending on what administration is in the white house, what administration is in the doj, and what those priorities are. so the real issue is this is a step in the right direction. but we've already made the step before. we need to begin to address the root problem. >> what do we do? what realistically can a federal government do? when you go through the report, and you're right, ron, there's a sameness to t
if you recall kristen clark and the investigation there, the doj had extremely similar findings. if you go back, different administration, different doj, but the report that came out of ferguson also very similar when we're talking about this. so the issue is that american policing as it stands is broken and needs to move to a public service model. now, will this consent decree have any impact? it's very possible, but that's putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound. because the consent decree is...
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and an effort to prevent their return to doj. so as a prosecutor, i would be delighted to have that tape. i would probably play it to a jury at trial and use it as evidence to convict the former president, much of the evidence against him are words that come out of his own mouth >> so when we talk about the sort of amount of classified documents, one of the complications is that you almost have to provide security clearance to trump's lawyers in order for them to look at some of the evidence, but the judge has ruled that trump can only see the evidence when he is with his lawyers because he's not trustworthy enough there's a possibility that he could take discovery materials home with him. how rare is that for a judge to essentially say, i don't even trust you with your own evidence, so you need to leave it here behind a closed locker like you're going to target and you can't get to the toothpaste? >> so trump has certainly given judges reasons to doubt his ability to respect the boundaries that are typically imposed on discovery
and an effort to prevent their return to doj. so as a prosecutor, i would be delighted to have that tape. i would probably play it to a jury at trial and use it as evidence to convict the former president, much of the evidence against him are words that come out of his own mouth >> so when we talk about the sort of amount of classified documents, one of the complications is that you almost have to provide security clearance to trump's lawyers in order for them to look at some of the...
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the evidence that doj, the allegations doj puts into their indictment are that trump knew, trump directed the packing, trump knew what was close to him. and in fact, there appears to be testimony that he had what his aides came to call the beautiful mind boxes. because he seemed to know if someone had rifled through them or if papers were out of order. he wanted the boxes close to him. there's every indication from what we're seeing that jack smith can put on an awfully good case that trump was right in the center of all of it. >> what do you think we learned about jack smith? something that you and i have talked about over the years, really, now, is how, when the public or the political and civic process kind of gets ahead of the probe, people are, at a minimum, imagining or projecting. so while lawyers knew what bob mueller's ceilings were, what he legally could do, there was still a folk hero intrigue built up around him about stopping, or quote, unquote, taking down donald trump. that wasn't even in his purview under the rules. there was, i guess, the broader idea that some smoking gu
the evidence that doj, the allegations doj puts into their indictment are that trump knew, trump directed the packing, trump knew what was close to him. and in fact, there appears to be testimony that he had what his aides came to call the beautiful mind boxes. because he seemed to know if someone had rifled through them or if papers were out of order. he wanted the boxes close to him. there's every indication from what we're seeing that jack smith can put on an awfully good case that trump was...
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the doj's targeting. don mcgahn trusted white house council. you may remember his face or name from the mueller probe. but this matters tonight because he had the same issue of trump's ploy, trying to pull him into crimes. he resisted in realtime, sometimes vowing to resign if a legal plan was pursued. as time went on, there were leaks, other accounts. it became clear that lawyer was one of the initially secret star witnesses against trump. we all lived through it. mcgahn had this inside track. we saw the plots up close. he saw what trump was ordering, sometimes making it happen, sometimes pulling back, and he saw that if he let trump pull him in, he would have his own legal exposure. and that's a dynamic, a history, a kind of a legal history that someone like don mcgahn, such a well trained and experienced lawyer would understand well. he will remember what you and so many others who follow the news remember, the watergate history. it was a lawyer with the exact same job that mcgahn held, white house counsel john dean who found a president usi
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because they are really trying to quash any speculation that all with doj on this.inated it they also said yesterday rather on air force one on the way to north carolina that the president and senior staff found out about this in the news reports. so really trying to shut down any speculation that joe biden is pushing his thumb on the scale. >> neil: when they look at this, i mean, they must be aware of how this looks? the president overseeing the justice department that does have free reign and is independent, that is always the story you get, but it is a justice department and a special counsel office that is now targeted the guy who stands to be his opponent in the next election, they must realize how that looks. >> i think they do when i think that's why the president answered a question yesterday in the press conference, why he was asked why should people trust the doj's decision? given all of that criticism coming in at speculation and he said people should trust the doj's decision, because i've never made a suggestion of whether they should bring a charge. that is mostly true,
because they are really trying to quash any speculation that all with doj on this.inated it they also said yesterday rather on air force one on the way to north carolina that the president and senior staff found out about this in the news reports. so really trying to shut down any speculation that joe biden is pushing his thumb on the scale. >> neil: when they look at this, i mean, they must be aware of how this looks? the president overseeing the justice department that does have free...
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what could a trump doj due to make your life difficult? >> just the other day, trump said i should be in prison. and it's not the first time he's called for jailing me. you have to wonder, good president trump, unshackled by any president -- opposition, using the justice department to prosecute his enemies. there's a lot of teams taking place in this country in the last several years that we would have never imagined possible. we thought we were exceptional in the sense that this isn't a problem of the united states of america. but since trump's election, that steady degradation of our institutions and, if he gets the chance again, you can't bet against how he would try to abuse the justice department. i would also say, i am glad to be on his enemies list. as franklin roosevelt said, there are times when you can judge a person by the enemies they make. and i think it is a threat. they don't like the work i did on the january 6th committee, or my work leading the first impeachment trial, to a bipartisan vote to convict. it's not gonna deter
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he claimed the doj pay painting himself as the victim of vicious persecution, using the same old one liners you would expect. and he gets away with this in part because of elected republicans, and even those hoping to beat trump in the gop race for president. >> he has had time, and time again, he has classified all this material. this is the most political thing i have ever seen. you can't have obstruction of something when there was no underlying crime. >> i think the espionage charges are ridiculous. but i promise you this, most americans believe most republicans believe that the law is used as a weapon against donald trump. >> today, supporters were seen on the road in florida heading from miami to palm beach to show their loyalty to the former president. also today, we learn trump will leave new jersey in the morning for florida staying at his property before tuesday's arraignment in miami. which is where we find nbc's garrett. hey garrett, first, what kind of safeguards are being put in place outside of the courthouse ahead of tuesday? >> much of the security preparations are o
he claimed the doj pay painting himself as the victim of vicious persecution, using the same old one liners you would expect. and he gets away with this in part because of elected republicans, and even those hoping to beat trump in the gop race for president. >> he has had time, and time again, he has classified all this material. this is the most political thing i have ever seen. you can't have obstruction of something when there was no underlying crime. >> i think the espionage...
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es ben, how does this not implicate the doj? absolutely. place to doj. i mean, look, we're re they're treating hunter likerotd kaiser, so he's protected from on high like the prince of darkness d. no, it's one of thesek is situations that i think is completely at odds with what we should expect from any kind of fairness, anyt of treatment of these issues as serious. and, look, ious.f his name wasoh hunter smith and he was from southeast d.c., i think he would be treatedould very differently. but again, we can't afford to be distracted.d to by fact tt these are all these hunter problems. now, the real biden issue is about the biden familyat the and the president himself, what they expected of him, what they thought. >> and charlie, they're so brazen. and i think this is this is a strategy. jim biden and hunter biden were at the state b tonight for the indian prime minister modi . that's kind of rubbing it in america's face, saying, oh, no, no, no, no. upstandingngls individuals. the all this is nothing. move on down the road. oh, no.part and that's part o
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they were overruled by doj. in light of your earlier testimony this morning, my question is how often do you overrule fbi field agents for political purposes? >> i ask him that article. that's not an accurate reflection of what the article says. i'm not able to comment on the investigation. my comment earlier was about tactics on the ground and particular cases. >> you said it's not -- i'm reading from the article. a quote. senior fbi officials who would be in charge of leading the search for assisted the plan as too combative. proposed instead to seek transformation to seek his property according to four people who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive investigation in quote. >> i have to say i'm not able to describe the investigation. i will say as a general matter and a high level of generality that in my experience, long experience as a prosecutor, there is often a robust discussion and in the -- it's encouraged among investigators and prosecutors. >> my time is very -- made the decision. >
they were overruled by doj. in light of your earlier testimony this morning, my question is how often do you overrule fbi field agents for political purposes? >> i ask him that article. that's not an accurate reflection of what the article says. i'm not able to comment on the investigation. my comment earlier was about tactics on the ground and particular cases. >> you said it's not -- i'm reading from the article. a quote. senior fbi officials who would be in charge of leading the...
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they like the doj or joseph biden's back pocket. noe dourw, me explain. >> the gun charge alone carries a maximum sentence of ten yearsn in prison. but with this plea deal, prs unlikely to see any jail time. that was congres unlikels congrn donalds mentioned a few minutes kgo, rapper koda black sentenced to over three years in prison. ovrs in prxach of the ta charges carry a maximum penalty of a year in prison, there is no expected jail time for hunter. >> but the situation jersey shore fame was sentenced to eight months in prison for not paying his taxes. elp when i guess it really does helpyourd when your daddy is president. former u.s. attorney brad tolman says that beyond the glaring doublett standard, the doj is violating its own internal policies. requ called the ashcroft memo requires that they charge the highest provable tha offense and seek consistent sentences with other casesseek brought by doj. and if you can believe it, the contours. of this deal may even be more corrupt than that. accordine corrg to the free bea, a pro
they like the doj or joseph biden's back pocket. noe dourw, me explain. >> the gun charge alone carries a maximum sentence of ten yearsn in prison. but with this plea deal, prs unlikely to see any jail time. that was congres unlikels congrn donalds mentioned a few minutes kgo, rapper koda black sentenced to over three years in prison. ovrs in prxach of the ta charges carry a maximum penalty of a year in prison, there is no expected jail time for hunter. >> but the situation jersey...
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how are you expecting doj to handle that. can they challenge it, and can be their chances of winning? >> so, alex, aileen cannon who you just said, and noted, is a very familiar figure dealing with donald trump at the mar-a-lago case. she was randomly selected, i know there's some people out there that thinks it's not possible, she was randomly selected, and a lottery system to be able to hear this case. the doj has a very interesting proposition in front of it. do they immediately straight out of the gate, move to recuse or,'s saying that she has a preelection or predisposition to role in donald trump's favor when it comes to particular issues, or do they wait for some major decision -- indicating that that's where she's leaning. there are options available to the department of justice but previously, when aileen cannon was appointing the special master that ultimately the 11th circuit court of appeal says, no, you are wrong on the law, you are wrong on the merits, you couldn't have done that. she got smacked down by the 11t
how are you expecting doj to handle that. can they challenge it, and can be their chances of winning? >> so, alex, aileen cannon who you just said, and noted, is a very familiar figure dealing with donald trump at the mar-a-lago case. she was randomly selected, i know there's some people out there that thinks it's not possible, she was randomly selected, and a lottery system to be able to hear this case. the doj has a very interesting proposition in front of it. do they immediately...
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the post reports, but they were overruled by the doj. i guess in light of your earlier testimony this morning, my question is, how often do you overrule fbi field agents from -- >> i skimmed that article. it's not an accurate reflection of what the article says. i am not able to comment on the investigation. like comment earlier was about tactics on the ground, in particular cases. >> wait, i am reading before the article,, senior fbi officials who would be in charge of leading the search resisted the plan as too competitive and proposed instead to seek trump's for mission to seek his property, according to four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive investigation, and. >> i have to say, i am not able to describe the investigation. i will say as a general pattern at a high level of generality, in my experience, long experience as a prosecutor, there is often a robust discussion and, in the end, it's encouraged among investigators and prosecutors -- >> yes, you made the decision. right, you said he did. >> no,
the post reports, but they were overruled by the doj. i guess in light of your earlier testimony this morning, my question is, how often do you overrule fbi field agents from -- >> i skimmed that article. it's not an accurate reflection of what the article says. i am not able to comment on the investigation. like comment earlier was about tactics on the ground, in particular cases. >> wait, i am reading before the article,, senior fbi officials who would be in charge of leading the...
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so you do get people who did not want to entirely undermined the doj but the doj, as far as they are concerned, they are investigating and have subpoenaed a lot of people including allies of donald trump. that based a lot of their own indictment on police reporting memos and pictures and so forth so they think that this case is something that they can win in a courtroom. as i mentioned before ultimately it comes down to the 12 jurors. it will only take onejurorfor comes down to the 12 jurors. it will only take one juror for this not to result in a conviction. as i mentioned also, the espionage act is what donald trump, the charges stem from, the 1912 act and it is an interesting one because a lot of people think, does that mean he was accused of spying. we have a life page running at the moment on the website, one question from someone was is he considered a spy. not straightforward, not a spy is how we would consider. the espionage act as a sprawling acted ultimately he has been accused of running afoul of the certain aspects of it such as willfully retaining classified information
so you do get people who did not want to entirely undermined the doj but the doj, as far as they are concerned, they are investigating and have subpoenaed a lot of people including allies of donald trump. that based a lot of their own indictment on police reporting memos and pictures and so forth so they think that this case is something that they can win in a courtroom. as i mentioned before ultimately it comes down to the 12 jurors. it will only take onejurorfor comes down to the 12 jurors....
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as i've been around the doj for 27 years. i have never seen a leak campaign like this. >> were any documents that former president trump took with him to any of his properties, did they contain any of them sensitive military plans? >> i am not trying my case in the press. so he would have the right to possess them if they did. but i am not going to address that. >> he would have the right, would he have the right to possess them if they were classified documents? >> yes. >> because the presidential records act actually says that those documents belong to the federal government. >> the presidential records act says that once there is a determination of whether something is a presidential record, then it goes to the archivist. all the discretion in the world is with the president himself when he makes that first call. >> let me read -- >> -- >> let me just read the relevant statute for the audience. the united states salt reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of presidential records. >> presidential rec
as i've been around the doj for 27 years. i have never seen a leak campaign like this. >> were any documents that former president trump took with him to any of his properties, did they contain any of them sensitive military plans? >> i am not trying my case in the press. so he would have the right to possess them if they did. but i am not going to address that. >> he would have the right, would he have the right to possess them if they were classified documents? >> yes....