he was trying to stay above the fray. brendan, i have not read as mike has, the full transcript. i read the new york times analysis of it. again, something for everybody. times when joe biden, they point out, couldn t remember specific dates. didn t have specific memory of how some of these documents were handled but they also said to mike s point about sense of humor, mr. biden went into great detail about many manners, the transcript shows. he made jokes over the two days, teasing the prosecutors and at certain points, he corrected his interrogators when they were the ones who misspoke. is it clear to you on either side, brendan, that one side or the other walks away with something politically advantageous? well i think to answer that question, you have to think about where we started from. when this report came out, it was an absolute bombshell, really underscoring the president s difficulty politically with his age. it was a gift to republicans. now, when you get to
that you read. moat notably given the chance to avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. according to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and to lie about it. you may stop there. thank you, you mentioned the indictment against mr. trump for mishandling classified sensitive security information. that indictment says tend of his presidency, mr. trump i m looking for my indictment here i have it here. mr. trump himself ordered that boxes containing classified materials go to mar-a-lago. where he hosted tens of thousands of guests. then he kept the sensitive materials carelessly about the property as you can see here. classified documents ended up in a bathroom. a ball room, on a floor strewn about. and when a grand jury subpoenaed the documents, what did donald trump do? the indictment again shows against him what he responded by. suggesting that