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unbelievable. those highly sensitive documents, they were all found at mar-a-lago. some of them weren t even in boxes, but rather inside of trump s desk in his office. the doj writing that the fbi seized, quote, three classified documents located in the desk in the 45 office. despite a claim from trump s lawyer that she herself scoured the office and other areas just days before the mar-a-lago subpoena. now all of this is obviously very bad for trump. this filing is the clearest evidence yet that the federal government is also focused on the possibility that trump and his allies were obstructing the probe, and that is a crime. the government suggesting the documents were moved and hidden while they were searching for them. the filings stating, quote, records were likely concealed and removed, adding, quote, efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. joining me now on set is donya perry, former assistant united states attorney in the southern d ....
welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first ....
As michael and danya leave us, he s got his own place in history. i described it earlier shakespearean. he s still in the middle of it, i guess. he s complicated and i think trump s legal team as a legal strategy erred in flattening him. the jury was able to experience his story, in part because of the work of his lawyer, donya perry, in not flattening the trump experience because everyone told the same story today. michael cohen told it i think 17th , in terms of telling the same meeting. he comes in at the end. i think there was such a gap between the way a lot of people in the media, not us, but media in general has covered michael ....
What we also know is the four people who have been sought out for records and testimony were with president trump on or before january 6, on the phone with donald trump before or on january 6, and they know what he knew about that attack. donya, the committee unveiled a contempt resolution, which says a couple things. donald trump and his team have yet to make an assertion of privilege. they also know an opinion from bannon wouldn t count since he was not an employee during the investigation. what s your view? i think that s been pretty well established by now. there have been many cases over ....