IT IS REAL.
THANK YOU.
THE FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UC
BERKELEY, SMARTY-PANTS AS I
LIKE TO SAY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHERE WE
STAND PARTICULARLY WITH TRUMP
FORCES WANTING A SPECIAL
MASTER.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS GOES?
>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS A
BLOW TRUMP OUT OF THE WATER
FILING HERE.
THERE IS NO INDICATION THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND TRUMP
PEOPLE WANT TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT, HANDLE THIS WITHOUT
HAVING TO GO TO COURT, THEY ARE
ALL RATCHETING UP THE VOLUME TO
LEVEL XI.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR
BOTH SIDES TO HANDLE THIS AS
PAST PRESIDENTS HAVE, TO TURN
THEM OVER, AND INSTEAD BOTH
SIDES ARE GOING TO THE META-PLAPS, 2 OTHER LEGAL
META-PLAPS, 2 OTHER LEGAL
TROUBLE.
AND AND THAT’S THE KIND OF
THING YOU WILL HEAR TRUMP AND
HIS TEAM COMPLAINING ABOUT IF
THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.
>> THIS IS -- THIS PICTURE IS
ATTACHED TO THE PUBLIC FILING
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MADE
LATE LAST NIGHT.
THAT PICTURE WASN’T NECESSARY.
THEY REASON THEY INCLUDED IS
DONALD TRUMP’S DEFENSE IN PART
HAS BEEN THESE PAPERS ARE MIXED
UP WITH LOTS OF OTHER PAPERS.
THERE’S A CHAOTIC MOVE, AND
THAT PICTURE IS NOT FROM THE
BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM.
THESE PICTURES OR DOCUMENTS ARE
HELD IN DONALD TRUMP’S PERSONAL
OFFICE, MAYBE HIS DESK.
THEY HAVE TOP-SECRET COVERS
WHICH ALL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
HAVE, ANYONE LOOKING AT THEM
WILL KNOW THEY ARE CLASSIFIED
AND HOLD NATIONAL DEFENSE
SECRETS, NOT JUST PIECES OF
PAPER PILED WITH TIME MAGAZINE COVERS AND PASSPORTS.
COVERS AND PASSPORTS.
NEIL: IS THAT CRIMINAL?
>> THERE ARE CRIMINAL STATUTES
THEY PUT IN THE SEARCH WARRANT
AFFIDAVITS AND CAN’T TAKE AWAY
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, CAN’T
OBSTRUCT GETTING HIM BACK.
AND CAN’T MISHANDLE INFORMATION
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE
LEGAL RIGHT TO SEARCH FOR THESE
DOCUMENTS GIVEN THE THOSE ARE
CRIMES.
WAS IT NECESSARY TO GO TO THE
NUCLEAR OPTION IS GET A SEARCH
WARRANT, RATHER THAN TRYING TO
REACH A AGREEMENT WHICH IS HOW
THESE DISPUTES HAVE BEEN
HANDLED IN THE PAST.
WHY WE HAVE SAID THIS IS ABOUT
FLEXING MUSCLES AND PREPARATION
FOR FUTURE FIGHT OVER
JANUARY 6TH RELATED SEARCHES
WHERE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
TELLING THE TRUMP SIDE WE ARE
GOING TO PLAY HARDBALL, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE, SO
GET READY.
NEIL: SOMEONE WORDING SOMETHING
THIS VAGUELY LIKELY OBSTRUCTION
IN THIS INVESTIGATION, THAT IS
EXPLOSIVE TO SAY EVEN THE MOST
IMPARTIAL OBSERVER SO DOES
DONALD TRUMP HAVE A POINT TO
SAY THEY ARE GOING AFTER HIM
WITH A LOADED GUN?
>> TO USE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IS
TO ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT, HIS
LAWYERS, TO LAY THE BLAME ON
DONALD TRUMP’S TWO LAWYERS,
CORCORAN AND BOB WHO ARE THE
ONES DEALING WITH THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE SEARCH BUT
TO SAY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THAT, IT IS A SERIOUS
ACCUSATION.
NO FORMER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
INDICTED FOR A CRIME, HAS EVER
THE SUBJECT OF A SURPRISE
SEARCH WARRANT TO.
TO RAISE IT TO THAT LEVEL, THAT
IS NOT GOING TO BE WHETHER YOU
MISPLACED DOCUMENTS AND GETTING
THEM BACK, WE MAY BE CHARGING
PEOPLE WITH CRIMES FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
NEIL: WE ARE GOING TO WATCH IT
CLOSELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I DON’T HAVE A GREAT
BACKDROP.
NEIL: IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.