>>> THE DOJ JUST FILING A NEW COURT DOCUMENT IN THE
MAR-A-LAGO CASE ORDERING A SPECIAL MASTER IS NOT NEEDED TO
REVIEW THE THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS.
IT COMES AS A NEW REPORT, RIGHT HERE IT IS, BY TEN PROMINENT
LEGAL MINDS CONCLUDES THERE'S STRONG BASIS TO CHARGE THE
FORMER PRESIDENT FOR MISHANDLING OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.
THEY LAY OUT SIX CHARGES. IN THEIR ANALYSIS THEY MODEL
WHAT THE DO DOJ WOULD PRESENT I THEY INDICTED A FORMER
PRESIDENT. RYAN, OUR VIEWERS ALL KNOW YOU.
YOU'RE IN HERE DAILY GIVING YOUR ANALYSIS.
THERE'S A LOT THAT WENT INTO THIS ANALYSIS.
YOU GO THROUGH SIX POTENTIAL CRIMES IN HERE THAT TRUMP COULD
POSSIBLY FACE. YOU SAY SOME ARE SLAM DUNK
CASES. WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE CONCLUSION
HERE ON THIS? >> SO WE DO THE EXERCISE THAT WE
IMAGINE THAT PROSECUTORS IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL DO AND
WHAT THEY'LL WANT TO PRESENT GARLAND WITH, ATTORNEY GENERAL
GARLAND WITH. EVERY SINGLE CASE THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE HAS EVER PROSECUTED FOR THE SAME CRIME THEY ARE
ALLEGING, AT LEAST THERE WAS A PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE DONALD
TRUMP WAS INVOLVED IN. WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE CASE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEM ALL, THE KINDS OF CONDUCT THAT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTED IN THE PAST ARE FAR LESSEE GREEJ
GOUS IN MOST OF THOSE CASES THAN WHAT TRUMP IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
DONE WITH THE DOCUMENTS AT MAR-A-LAGO.
>> THE PRECEDENT WOULD SHOW YOU CHARGE AND YOU'RE SAYING
MULTIPLE POSSIBLE CHARGES. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE QUESTION IS DO YOU TREAT LIKE CASES ALIKE?
IF YOU TREAT LIKE CASES ALIKE IT BASICALLY FORCES THE CHOICE.
YOU HAVE TO CHARGE. >> YOU HAVE TO CHARGE.
SO I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP ON THAT ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS COULD MEAN.
FIRST, HIS DEFENSES. HE'S GIVEN A LOT MUCH DEFENSES.
ONE, YOU'D BE TREATING ME DIFFERENTLY.
NO, YOU WENT THROUGH APPLES TO APPLES.
ACTUALLY, HE WOULD BE IF YOU DIDN'T CHARGE HIM.
>> RIGHT. >> THEY'VE ALSO SAID CERTAIN
THINGS LIKE YOU JUST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT TO DECLASSIFY IT.
LET ME JUST PLAY A FEW OF THE EXCUSES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT
THERE. >> REMEMBER THIS, REMEMBER THIS,
EVERYTHING WAS DECLASSIFIED. THEY SHOULD GIVE ME IMMEDIATELY
BACK EVERYTHING THEY'VE TAKEN FROM ME BECAUSE IT'S MINE.
>> I'M CONCERNED THEY MAY HAVE PLANTED SOMETHING.
AT THIS POINT WHO KNOWS. >> SHE OF COURSE IS ONE OF HIS
ATTORNEYS, ELENA IN THIS. YOU GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE.
ANY OF THEM ADD UP? >> THEY JUST EVAPORATE UNDER
SCRUTINY. WE DO TRY TO PLACE THEM ON THEIR
STRONGEST GROUND. THERE IS A LOT THAT IS
INCONSISTENT. IF YOU TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE AND
SAY IF THIS IS THE ALLEGATION, HERE'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS, HERE'S
A BUNCH OF COMPETING FACTS THAT DISPUTE THEIR DEFENSE AND IT
FALLS APART. WE TRY TO DO THE MOST SERIOUS
ANALYSIS GIVING THEM THE MOST FAVORABLE LIGHT AND IT DOESN'T
WORK. >> YOU DON'T EVEN SAY THEY'VE
CONTRADICTED THEMSELVES. GIVE EACH ONE 100% THE INPUT AND
IT DOESN'T ADD UP. OKAY.
SO WHERE DO YOU COME OUT ON HOW MANY CHARGES SHOULD BY THIS
ANALYSIS BE PUT FORTH. IF THOSE CHARGES COME TO
FRUITION, RIGHT, AND ARE PROVEN, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON HIM?
>> SO I THINK THE LEAD CHARGE WOULD BE UNDER THE ESPIONAGE
ACT. IT APPLIES HAND IN GLOVE TO THE
ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE OTHER CHARGES.
THERE'S ANOTHER CHARGE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH
WHICH IS THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS IN FACT CHARGED PEOPLE FOR THAT FOR CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS. THERE WOULD BE A SECOND ONE.
A THIRD ONE WOULD BE ABOUT OBSTRUCTION.
SEEMS TO BE A STRONG CASE OF OBSTRUCTION.
THE INTERESTING PART IS EVEN WITH VERY SENIOR OFFICIALS AND
LOWER DOWN OFFICIALS, THEY SEEM TO CHARGE.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER STORY TO THIS.
THEY GET LIGHT SENTENCES IF THEY PLEAD.
I DON'T SEE DONALD TRUMP DOING THAT.
>> IN A NORMAL PERSON THIS WOULD MEAN PRISON TIME?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> RYAN GOODMAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THIS IS THE MODEL PROSECUTION
DOCUMENT ON THEIR BLOG. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
ANALYSIS IN ALL OF ITS DETAIL. THANKS AS ALWAYS.