states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to plan military attacks, to military attack, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack, end quote. according to the indictment, this is what donald trump did with those state secrets. for the first few months, some boxes to on the stage of an event space known as the white and gold ballroom before they were moved to the business center. then, some boxes were stored in a bathroom, stacked high above the marble floors, surrounding the toilet and blocking access to the bum, shower, not blocking access to the toilet. they were finally moved to a storage room in 2021, piled high along the walls of the room, but this case isn t just about mishandling the highly sensitive documents. the government also alleges the former presidents quote, endeavored to obstruct the fbi and grand darien vista geishas end quote. for a period of time, trump repeatedly ignored the fbi s order
way that they know who this informant might be if there is one? no, they don t say who this person might be and how that person might have come to know that information. the feature of mar-a-lago and of trump world, as you know, is that there weren t a lot of checks on people coming and going in that circle. so there s just many, many people, we ve been making calls, and there s a number of people that come to mind when you talk to people about who this could be. the idea, kim, of who could ve had access, who could ve seen something in some way, or have been witness to something, is really curious here. as evan points out, this investigation, the timeline alone, has been going on for over a year. there was a june of this year, june meeting at mar-a-lago, between trump s lawyers. and then this search happened. something had to have happened in that time to go from this conversation, the idea of discussions happening to an unannounced execution of a search warrant at the es
additional documents or believed there were additional documents being held at mar-a- lago that the fbi wanted to obtain. that s what precipitated and what prompted the activity we saw monday at mar-a-lago, that this informant or this person, this witness was able to tell the fbi there were additional things there they needed to go get, and that s why they did this on monday. are they reported they know who this informant might be if there is one? they don t say who this person may be and how that person would ve come to know that information. the feature of mar-a-lago and trump world come as you know, as there weren t a lot of checks on people coming and going in that circle, so there s many, many people. we have been making calls, and there s a number of people that come to mind when you talk to people about who this could be. the idea, kim, of who could have had access, seen something in some way or been witness to something is really curious. as evan points out, thi
i agree with you on that point. here s where i disagree. i still think there are probably around 30%, one third, of republicans who desperately wants an alternative. i think that number is actually higher. there are people who want to move beyond trump. some of them, you know, support trump s policies. others do not. i think this is a much more complex situation in the republican party than we realized. but i do believe, knowing so many of my former colleagues and having speaking to several, they want trump to go away. they don t want him involved. they are also recognizing if they talk to them publicly about this, they run the risk of losing a significant piece of their base. that s their dilemma. it s a terrible dilemma. many of them don t want i say that respectfully, they don t want him. they think he s damaging the party. he is damaging the party. he has been, and he s causing them to lose elections they should not lose. they see nothing but defeat. trump has made losing great a
fledged out, you have to wonder if all the critics are pushed out? if all those who are willing to say something different, or more in line with what traditional republicans have asserted. do you have fears for the longevity of the republican party? or is this something that is going to enter or allow for maybe a third party system that reclaims says some aspect of this? i ve been republican a lot longer than donald trump s ever been one, and i m only 47 years old, i m not going anywhere. i m gonna fight for my conservative values. i think is a golden opportunity here, it s going to take. time you ve got folks on the republican side that now for the first time majority of them don t want donald trump to run again, those numbers might oscillate now with some additional attention he s gotten with the fbi search. but they re tracking in that direction. and you ve got a middle that just completely embarrassed at their vote for joe biden and