unredacted statements add fresh detail for the legitimate basis of the fbi s suspicions. this latest release fills in some of the remaining blanks, particularly having to do with a key video that is referred to in the indictment. the newly available information suggests that people at the justice department suspected something was very much up after watching surveillance footage of trump s former valet, witness number five, moving boxes in and out of a storage area at the time he was being interviewed by the fbi. here s how authorities knew they were being lied to. on may 24th the footage shows him leaving with what the affidavit describes at an anterroom leaving with three boxes. and four days after the interview, witness number five, quote, is observed exiting the anteroom doorway with approximately 50 bankers boxes. if it all strikes you as suspects, moving boxes, missing boxes, basic problems with the math of what goes in and what comes out, you and the department of just
interview, witness number five, quote, is observed exiting the anteroom doorway with approximately 50 bankers boxes. if it all strikes you as suspects, moving boxes, missing boxes, basic problems with the math of what goes in and what comes out, you and the department of justice have something in common. so they pursue their subpoena and the rest now is history. this morning after much delay, witness five, now a co-defendant in the case, pleaded not guilty in a federal court, just like his boss, donald trump, has done. now the race is on to see if justice can be served with the 2024 election inching closer by the minute. it s where we begin today with some of our most favorite reporters, friends and experts. politico national correspondent betsy is here, plus former justice department prosecutor and senior member robert mueller investigation counsel investigation, andrew weisman is back with you.