actions in the justice department stunning indictment. including this photo showing all these documents probably containing our secrets, protected only by a cheap shower curtain on attention rod. you guys are throwing up the pictures today. there in the bathroom where they were on the stage. somebody who has been to mar-a-lago you just can t walk through mar-a-lago of your own accord, because secret service is all over the place. so if the documents are in a place in a room depending on the time of year, you can t even get in. there are three bathrooms at mar-a-lago. to look for the former president had boxes in the bathroom? i don t know. what is it good to have boxes in a garage that opens up all the time? 20, now laurence tribe, professor emeritus at harvard law school and coauthor of the book to end the presidency. professor tribe, thank you for being here. those are the unserious
of the president. for him to do that, jim, is extraordinary. and the reason that he says the president s toast is because the proof is so overwhelming. that doesn t mean we re not going to hear defenses from donald trump. but i worked on the classified document rules that the government cited in its indictment. and there virtually is no defense for this. anyone else who did this once or twice, one or two documents would be looking at jail time. this volume, 31 counts under the espionage act alone, and then the long pattern of alleged obstruction of justice, wow. the biggest legal jeopardy donald trump has ever faced by far. yeah, most people, if they re hiding top secret classified documents behind a shower curtain, that would not be a good thing for just about anybody else. not a good thing for anyone. and the volume of it, it s just it s staggering and very perilous for the former
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here s the thing that stuck out to me aside from the just strangeness of the image and the chandelier and the sponsors. look up above the line of the shower, right. you see the little white box peeking out up there, there s more boxes in the shower. the room is so packed with boxes that behind the shower curtain there are yet more boxes. these boxes are sort of taking over mar-a-lago. this is not the kind of paper you want to be stacking because this is classified paper and he lied about it. so the photos and the evidence and all the incriminating material from the lawyer which you guys were just discussing is really bad for donald trump. he s presumed innocent and he will be afforded his defenses. but i want to be very clear. donald trump has extinguished so many of his potential defenses. he has played himself in public, obviously, when he says i can
peeking out up there, there s more boxes in the shower. the room is so packed with boxes that behind the shower curtain there are yet more boxes. these boxes are sort of taking over mar-a-lago. this is not the kind of paper you want to be stacking because this is classified paper and he lied about it. so the photos and the evidence and all the incriminating material from the lawyer which you guys were just discussing is really bad for donald trump. he s presumed innocent and he will be afforded his defenses. but i want to be very clear. donald trump has extinguished so many of his potential defenses. he has played himself in public, obviously, when he says i can do that if i want, i basically did that and sean hannity tries to stop him. but he s also played himself in private and on tape. that is why sometimes people talk about manifesting something in your life yes.