covid minister, and if they were moved there after the national archives began requesting that all presidential records be returned to the national archives. it also gives us a window into trump s potential motivation for doing all of this, which would necessarily be legally that meaningful, but in terms of the narrative or the optics of all of this, for building a case that the public has to get on board with, that we seem to be useful, right? yeah, mode of, again, like you say, is not legally required, that s a prosecutor when you go to trial in front of a jury, you want to be able to explain the lie, why is it that the defendant did what you are claiming through the evidence that you are eliciting that he did. so, with the former president, motive could be multiple things. you know, he just loved to kind of like for the bragging power of it to be able to say he s got classified documents.
reporting recently about boxes being loaded at mar-a-lago into a truck to be taken to bed menster. we don t know what was in those boxes. we also know there s been some reporting recently that one of the former president s previous attorneys, mr. parlator, resigned in part because of various infighting including boris epstein trying to stand in the way of searching bedminster. so, you know, we don t know anything for sure, but the timing certainly would lead a prosecutor and i was a prosecutor for a very long time to be suspicious about how classified documents might have gotten to bedminster. and if they were moved thereafter the national archives began requesting that all presidential records be returned to the national archives. it also gives us a window into trump s potential motivation for doing all of this, which may not necessarily be legally that meaningful. but in terms of the narrative
doj cross hairs. cnn learning tonight that cassidy hutchinson, the aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, is now cooperating with the department of justice s investigation into donald trump s efforts to overturn the election. now, this is a major development, because of course, you know, hutchinson was a key witness for the january 6th committee. her testimony there providing a window into trump s state of mind in the days leading up to, and in those crucial moments of january 6th. she was in the room for some of the most damning and important conversations, including one that shows that trump knew that his rally could turn violent, because his supporters were armed. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, i don t care if they have weapons, let me people in, they can mar to have the capitol from here. knew they were armed and take
relevant? what else do you want to know? increasingly, we understand that these were not isolated events. january 6th did not happen in isolation. rather, donald trump was committed to overturning this peaceful transfer of power. and he began at the easiest, most accessible level, and ultimately, when that didn t work, we reached the stage of january 6th where he resorted to using his base and having them physically interpose themselves in the halls of congress to prevent certification of the election. rosen s testimony is critically important both for the facts of his communications with the former president and the former president s efforts to subvert people inside of the justice department. but it also gives investigators a window into trump s state of mind, in those critical days.
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