information, right? he s no longer president, he should not have possession of these documents, and he s showing them to people who are not clear to have it. right? and so that is part of the from the beginning what the justice department has said what this investigation is about is about willful retention of these documents. again, mishandling them, and then the second part is of course the obstruction. because once he knows that the government is trying to take possession of these documents, which, again, he does not have the right to have as a former president, he no longer should not have possession of these things, that he was trying to find ways to obstruct it, to prevent them from being turned over, and according to some of this new reporting, taking extraordinary steps really to try to hide them so that his own lawyers were misleading the fbi. and ellie, i want you to help
he s speaking to people many inclined to vote for donald trump. they essentially flipped a switch, as steve was noting up until then he was gentle in his criticism of donald trump. as chris christie says the only way to beat trump is go through trump. he is being attacked and that is a threat. that is very clear. i think the former president s people have been pretty clear about that, but desantis is going to have to figure out a way to make himself distinctive and not just be trump-lite as nikki haley said during one of her stops. if you re looking at the poll they do keep trump and desantis at the top of the pack. trump 84%, desantis watch that number. does that number stay constant or does it go down?
decisions, that does have an impact not only on our readiness but our national security. the question is can the president, can people at the pentagon, can anyone get through i think the person you have to get through, right, is mcconnell. get mcconnell going down the hall and say senator, give us 20 of these, give up important ones, how do we fix this? then you would assume he s going to listen to him, that mcconnell can sway him. certainly in alabama they re not big mitch mcconnell fans there, so that s not going to cause any ripples for him. maybe this ends because he gets a vote in the ndaa or something. even that isn t necessarily something that can happen soon. so could mcconnell talk him out of it, that s probably the fastest way. again, in the conservative media echo chamber he s holding up biden so therefore he thinks he s winning. today 8 1/2 year prison sentence for an oath keeper, jessica watkins an army veteran
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