who is going to stop it from happening again? who s gonna stop it from happening again is that you, the committee? maybe it s republicans? who s gonna stop it from happening again? who s gonnand up, the next time in defender freedom for a fair election, to defend our democracy, from the lies that could take it all down. because what we re hearing from the january six committee, the testimony from eyewitnesses, who were shocked by what they saw, and heard behind closed doors in the trump white house. who were pressured by president, determined to hold on to power no matter what it took, the fake electors, the wild conspiracy theories, the mob that stormed the capitol. none of that is about the past, it s about what could happen the next time, if nobody stands up to stop. i should ve put the median that, who s gonna do it, the media, journalists. that s why it matters for the committee to follow the investigation wherever it at leads. that s why it matters for journalists, who
do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? i m john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documents and he knew what they were. so this is all part of the argument over whether to release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago, prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence might be destroyed, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit and that process will kick into gear as soon as next week. and ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words and phrases coming from some former trump senior officials who are scoffing
empty. and two dozen additional documents marked either confidential, secret, or top secret. again, all of that was in one box. all told, fbi agents recovered over 10,000 government documents during their search at mar-a-lago. the filing also demonstrates just how carelessly the former president tweeted the classified government documents the tee went with after leaving office. the 43 empty folders beg the question, what was inside? where is it now? and here s where we need to stop for a moment because this involves a political figure, so there is a tendency to cover it like a political story. but this is actually a crime story. so what we need is a crime show fame to put us in the right frame of mind. all right, here s the scene. long forsman goes into a florida country club, finds thousands of stolen documents. some folders that used to hold those documents are empty. what documents or in those folders? where did they go? well, the current store you d start, with what s t
office. the 43 empty folders beg the question, what was inside? where is it now? and here s where we need to stop for a moment because this involves a political figure, so there is a tendency to cover it like a political story. but this is actually a crime story. so what we need is a crime show fame to put us in the right frame of mind. all right, here s the scene. long forsman goes into a florida country club, finds thousands of stolen documents. some folders that used to hold those documents are empty. all right, here s the scene. long forsman goes into a florida country club, finds thousands of stolen documents. some folders that used to hold those documents are empty. what documents or in those folders? where did they go? well, the current store you d start, with what s the motive? the fbi isn t going into retweet paper clips. paper clips have no value. so what s it worth? and to whom? and if you didn t know that, you would say, let s start with a guy who owns the pla
documents found by the fbi at trump s private residence and golf club. they dismissed the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that has sfie ruld out of control. most notable aspect of their filing, trump s lawyers tip-toeing around trump s claim that he declassified any or all of the documents. it s a claim for which they can t and don t provide a single shred of evidence. instead, saying this. quote, the government has not proven these records remain classified. that issue is to be determined later. the washington post notes, a section of their 21 page filing does not say that trump declassified the material before he left office. while trump s lawyers would like us to think this is what they say, document storage dispute, it s worth remembering in the court filing last week doj made clear that the country s national security may very well be in jeopardy if the government loses access and time, even temporarily, to the documents that were seized. from the