potential challengers to new york democrat hakeem jeffries, nobody jumped in the ring. a congressman who ascended to replace pelosi with her support has done so smoothly. jeffries getting actual, literal unity among the sometimes-fractured democratic caucus and a vote that sets him up now to formally take over as party leader and then as his party s potential speaker if they win another election, tomorrow. now, jeffries is known for his mix of top expert credentials, nyu law, georgetown, and a relatable approach to retail politics. the brooklyn native rose quickly in state and national politics. he memorably cited his hometown artist notorious b.i.g. in trump s first impeachment trial but this may echo a different king, rick ross, who recounted, i once got allowance, now i got
special master, and potentially throw out roadblocks, to the doj s criminal investigation. the multiple moving parts, political notes, has, quote complicated the status of trump s legal plight. which of course is a point here, complicate a matter that s at its core is not that complicated. trump took thousands of white house documents including hundreds of classified ones to his florida home. and for months, he refused to return them. and even lied about their existence. in response, to a federal subpoena that triggered an fbi search of mar-a-lago. joining us now is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and current professor at nyu law. andrew, thank you for being here. nice to be here. i mean for different courtrooms. who has the stronger hand at this moment? it s really hard to be here. because the doj, fighting all these legal battles, but those battles have the effect of slowing down a complicated doj s urgent work. well i think the first thing
who asked to review evidence taken. and judge cannon, the 11th court of appeals in atlanta where trump asked for a delay of the justice department s request to speed things along and yesterday the supreme court in washington, d.c., where trump is asking for an intervention to get classified documents back before the special master and potentially throw up roadblocks to the doj s criminal investigation. the multiple moving parts they note has complicated the status of trump s legal play which, of course, is the point here, complicate a matter but at its core is not that complicated. he took thousands of white house documents and hundreds of classified ones to his florida home. and for months he refused to return them and lied about their existence in response to a federal subpoena that triggered an fbi search of mar-a-lago. joining us now is former fbi general council and current pro fetor at nyu law.
today? i have some concerns about documents and comparing some testimony we have received. we want to deal with the discrepancies as you perceive in an orderly way. discrepancies in testimony, what could that be? who doesn t implicate a notice to task. joining us now is a former fbi counsel former senior member at nyu law. thanks as always for being here tonight. it s nice to be here. this sounds like a lot of information in this committee has. it s not just texas messages, it s radio traffic, teams meetings. given a supposition about where this material may have originated from her house being
and we hope to resolve any discrepancies in a way that would make sense. and we ll have to do that as we proceed in an orderly way. discrepancies in testimony? what could that be? and who does it implicate? i know just who to ask. joining us now is andrew wiseman, former fbi general counsel, senior member of the mueller probe and current professor at nyu law. thank you for being here tonight. nice to be here. so this sounds like a lot of new information. it s radio traffic, i think she said teams meetings. do you have any supposition about where this material may have originated from or how it s being procured at this stage in time? yeah. i do. you know, used to be when i started out as a prosecutor, if you obstructed justice and you