williams, who i should note, former deputy assistant attorney general. elliott, when you hear comments like that, do you agree with chris christie, that trump s attorneys should be jumping out of windows because he s essentially admitting to obstructing justice? they really, should, kaitlan. and even if he didn t admit to the offense, he s providing evidence to the prosecution. to be clear, what the former president just admitted on air was that number one, he was aware there is an investigation into him. number two, he was aware that was possessing documents, and number three, that he was trying to hold on to those documents as a way of getting in the way on the investigation. now, if that s not an admission of obstruction of justice, i don t quite know what is. at a minimum, it s bad for the former president. this is really my defense attorneys just don t want their clients talking on the record ever once they ve been charged with crimes. yeah, but we know that trump is someone w
as right, as any criminal defendant would, to an open and speedy public trial. but that means when there s sensitive information out there, you have to put it out in the open, they ve to litigate that. so, even under the best of circumstances, it ll take a little while to get their. whether that s delayed on the part of the former president or simply just the realities of complicated litigation, this could take a minute to we know well the former presidents history of delaying and stalling tactics. and really, it falls to the court and the prosecutors to call attention to that and nip it in the but if it does happen. it s more just a question of wait and see how legitimate the finals he makes in the pleadings he makes our. and of course, judge cannon is gonna have a lot of leeway on. that will see what he decides. astead herndon, elliott williams, thank you both. coming, up more of what a stand was referring to there that is backed up by new cnn polling, as president trump in the p
sort of. but according to the indictment, unitel this aid to move to other locations after telling your law is your fully comply with the subpoena, when you hadn t. before i send boxes over, i have to take all of my things out. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes. there were many things. i iran warm-up? now that i know, of not that i know of. after that interview aired, one of the former presidents challengers, former new jersey governor chris christie, also a former federal prosecutor, said he believes it wasn t had mission. it appears to me last night, as a former prosecutor, that he admitted obstruction of justice on the air last night, to bret baier. i can tell you this. his lawyers this morning are jumping out of whatever window they are near. i m joined now by cnn political analyst astead herndon, a national political reporter for the new york times, and cnn legal analyst elliott
them want to be curious about someone like governor desantis, be curious but others. but they went saying it was a reason to punish or rule donald trump out. so, i think that s an important distinction, because it means he could certainly make up ground at some of the people he s lost. because we see things like that, like that cnn polling today that shows a softening of trump s support that is not mean it s fatal for him the republican party. did even one person you spoke with seem concerned about the indictment and then rain mint and the allegations? no one we talked it was a self-identified republicans worried about donald trump, the facts of it, the national security aspect of it this is a group that s been prime to see this as a real thing to dismiss. and more so than that, a reason to really dig into their support. an attack on trump, for a lot of these people, was an attack on their own political identity. and they would not allow him to really see this from a fact perspecti
a lot over the next day or so. but right now, i want to bring in former deputy director of national intelligence best stan or, lamar fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, cnn political and national security analyst david sanger, and cnn legal analyst elliott williams. beth and andrew, both of you, great people to have on a night like tonight as we go into tomorrow. beth, first, you reaction to what shimon just laid out. are you worried? i ve seen high school graduations and concerts with more security than i see at an event that is likely to attract all manner of humans. to me, to be honest, i have as well. so yeah, anything, we ve all been to events in our hometowns that have more security than that. and it just seems a little bit out of sync with the experiences that we ve all encountered. yeah, agreed. you know, there s no shame in being over prepared.