the mar-a-lago documents, saying it doesn t count if trump can t show how he did it. according to trump himself, the declassification on its head. trump argued on fox news that, quote, just thinking about it is enough for a former president. some were the only conspiracy trump claimed last night, joining another campaign to a qanon celebration. leading the crowd in an index finger salute. trump knows exactly what it is his endorsing. what he s doing his calling to arms, all of the people, that is maga supporters. that s what he s doing. so, he is doing it the way a mob bose does it. he s given you the code, but he s not actually saying it, so that he doesn t end up with a liability, like when he s facing the january 6th. all this, as pro january 6th groups gathered in d.c. saturday afternoon with ceo michael, and other big lie believers taking the stage. the far-right rally coming just days before the january 6th committee s next hearing. the select committee is racing to
espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records. no one has been charged with a crime that we know of as of now. this just in, the democratic chairs of the intelligence committee and the oversight committee and the house have written a letter to the director of national intelligence saying they want a damage assessment, and briefing regarding these documents recovered from mar-a-lago, and of course trump and his allies are of course spending and peddling wild conspiracy theories about the fbi search at mar-a-lago. the theories range from ridiculous and laughable to down right dangerous. cnn s daniel dale joins me now to talk about this. trump is saying all the fbi and the department of justice has to do is ask for these documents back, and there would have been no problem at all. all they had to do was ask, and that post on his truth site. does that align with what we know? it does not at all align with what we know, jim. we know there was