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attested to the fbi that all the records that he had were being kept in a storage room in mar-a-lago. now ourably the most alarming detail in this newly released inventory list. a box found in his office contains, quote, 43 empty folders with classified banners raising big questions about what happened to the classified documents that were at one time inside those folders. in a notice filed with the inventory the justice department says it has already reviewed every item. they add this, quote, all evidence pertaining to the seized items including, but not limited to the nature and manner in which they were stored as well as any evidence with respect to particular documents or items of interest will inform the government s investigation. another key focus today of the investigation how these records which include more than 10,000 non-classified government documents ended up at mar-a-lago, and why these particular records were kept by trump. some of them for more than a y ....
Appreciate it. well, tonight, newly released documents show that former president trump pressured his acting attorney general to call the 2020 election results corrupt. and there s also a new ruling today from the justice department on trump s long- hidden tax returns. we get the latest now from cbs kris van cleave. reporter: more than a month after losing the 2020 election, then-president donald trump called the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, telling him, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me. adding, we have an obligation to tell people this was anob illegal corrupt election. that s according to handwritten notes from rosen s deputy, richard donoghue, who was also on the call. the notes were released today by the house oversight committee. mr. trump also hinted at firing rosen and replacing him with an official supportive of his big lie. people tell me jeff clark is great. i should put him in. people want me to replace d.o.j. leadership. how egr ....
Look, with eric holder the writing was on the wall. there was no question that you were going to get anything other than an obstructionist novice and that s how he has run his agency. under holder s direction the justice department ignored subpoenas and refused to turn over key documents to congress through out the investigation. if you are going to count pages like this as discovery you should be ashamed of yourself. the pages go on like this forever. you have given us black paper instead of white paper. how dare you make an opening statement of cooperation. we have had to subpoena again and again. a house yoer site committee describes in it great detail the type of interference being encountered by investigators. doj leadership denied allegations that gun walking occurred by adopting an over lie narrow definition of the term. they argue gun walking is ....
Information and has inappropriately interfered with this investigation. let me be clear, the justice department is not our partner in this effort. they are the subject of this investigation. and their continued interference will not be allowed to derail the committee s work. sean: committee report describes in great detail the type of interference encountered. doj leadership denied allegations that gun walking occurred in fast and furious by adopting an overly narrow definition of the term. they argue gun walking is limited to cases in which atf slide the guns directly. no surprise that a former clinton official is getting clintonesque about his alibis and his rationalizations for how this program got out of control. but it is certainly a case of parsing definitions and trying to wiggle out of what the ....
Information and has inappropriately interfered with this investigation. let me be clear, the justice department is not our partner in this effort. they are the subject of this investigation. and their continued interference will not be allowed to derail the committee s work. sean: committee report describes in great detail the type of interference encountered. doj leadership denied allegations that gun walking occurred in fast and furious by adopting an overly narrow definition of the term. they argue gun walking is limited to cases in which atf slide the guns directly. no surprise that a former clinton official is getting clintonesque about his alibis and his rationalizations for how this program got out of control. but it is certainly a case of parsing definitions and trying to wiggle out of what the definition of is, is. ....