chuck rosenberg, matt miller joins us, former special advisor on communications for the nsa, and former chief spokesperson for the department of justice. and jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. ryan, you had the very difficult challenge of speaking to us moments after this document dropped. you ve had a bit more time, tell us what else we ve learned. i mean, i think it s significant, especially in those photos that you discussed in the last hour, that show just how this was organized. i think the key part of this is essentially, them not trusting the trump team. because after they had that initial grand jury subpoenaed that was delivered, you had this filing that was signed by a trump reporter. so we don t know based on the filing what it was, but it s been reported publicly they said there is no responsive documents left. and lo and behold, when they when it s executed the search warrant, there were all these documents left. there s still information, and we
for msnbc news, matt miller joins us, former special advisor on communications for the nsa, and former chief spokesperson for the department of justice. and jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. ryan, you had the very difficult challenge of speaking to us moments after this document dropped. you ve had a bit more time, tell us what else we ve learned. i mean, i think it s significant, especially those photos that you discussed in the last hour, that show just how this was organized. i think the key part of this is essentially, them not trusting the trump team. because after they had that initial grand jury subpoenaed that was delivered, you had this filing that was signed by a trump reporter. so we don t know based on the filing what it was, but it s been reported publicly they said there is no responsive documents left. and lo and behold, when they when it s executed the search warrant, there were all these documents left. there s still information, and we d
tell us what else you ve learned. i mean, i think it s significant especially the photos yout discussed last hou that show just how this was organized. i think a key part of this is essentially them not trusting the trump team because after they had that initial grand jury subpoena that was delivered, you had this filing that was signed by a trump lawyer, name is redacted in this latest filing, so weis don t know based on the filing who it was, but has been reported publicly about this trump lawyercl said there was n responsive documents left. lo and behold when they went and executed the search warrant there were allec these document left. so there s still information we don t know about how they got the source of that information. but the key part of it is that they were right. we can see by the product what they were able to seize from donald trump s mar-a-lago facilityag down there that the information they had about himt continuing to hold onat to classified informatio
hard it is to prove intent. it s the hardest thing to prove in these types of cases. not that someone did something, but that someone did something intentionally. but when you cover that thing up, when you lie about that thing, when you conceal that thing from the department of justice and the fbi, it tends to prove intent. if it was a genuine mistake, you would say immediately, oh my goodness, stephanie, my bad, i realized that i had a whole bunch of classified information in my basement, here you go. i don t want it, it s yours, you should have it back and to matt s point, that s not really a prosecutable case anymore. when you lie when you ofuscate, when you mislead the fbi about what it is you have, that s obstruction, and that helps to establish intent, which is the hardest thing to prove in these types of cases. so, matt, i understand why he was our head communicator, he s really good at this matt, then, how would trump be able
hard it is to prove intent. it s the hardest thing to prove in these types of cases. not that someone did something, but that some someone did something intentionally. but when you cover that thing up, when you lie about that thing, when you conceal that thing from the department of justice and the fbi, it tends to prove intent. if it was a genuine mistake, you would say immediately, oh my goodness, stephanie, my bad, i realized that i had a whole bunch of classified information in my basement, here you go. i don t want it, it s yours, you should have a back and to matt s point, that s not really a prosecutable case anymore. when you lie and office kate, when you mislead the fbi about what it is you have, that s obstruction, and that helps to establish intent, which is the hardest thing to prove in these types of cases. so, matt, i understand why he was our head communicator, he s really good at this math, then, how would trump be able