OF SO MUCH HERE.
ISHA, THANK YOU.
>> SAME.
NEIL: THANK YOU.
CHRIS WECKER WITH US RIGHT NOW.
CHRIS, ALWAYS GREAT SEEING YOU.
I’M JUST WONDERING WHERE YOU SEE
THIS GOING BECAUSE PART OF THE
ARGUMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
RAISED WITH THE REVELATION OF
THESE DOCUMENTS IS THAT AS SOON
AS I KNEW THE WORD GOT OUT, WE
TOLD AUTHORITIES, ET CETERA, BUT
THE TIMING OF THAT WAS WEIRD
BECAUSE PRESUMABLY THE WHITE
HOUSE GOT WIND OF THIS BACK IN
NOVEMBER AND KEPT A TIGHT LID ON
IT BEFORE THE MIDTERMS AND
THAT’S WHAT REPUBLICANS ARGUE.
SO TO PLEAD IGNORANCE MIGHT NOT
QUITE ADD UP UNLESS THERE WERE
PEOPLE BELOW THE PRESIDENT WERE
AWARE AND HE WAS NEVER TIPPED
OFF HIMSELF.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> YEAH, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
IS WEIRD.
MY LAWYER HAT GOES ON AND MY
AGENT HAT GOES ON AT THE SAME
TIME AND I SEE LAWYERS RUMMAGING
AROUND IN EARLY NOVEMBER IN A
BIDEN OFFICE IN A THIRD PARTY
OFFICE, AND I SAY WHY ARE THEY
THERE?
LAWYERS DON’T GO MOVING THINGS
AROUND.
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
VERY SPECIFIC.
NOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR, MAYBE IT HAD
TO DO WITH PENDING LITIGATION OR
UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THEY FIND THINGS AND THAT’S WHEN
THEY SUPPOSEDLY CALL INTO THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYING HEY,
WE FOUND DOCUMENTS.
THAT’S WHEN YOU FREEZE
EVERYTHING.
YOU ALLOW FBI AGENTS TO COME IN,
I SAY FBI AGENTS NOT DOJ
ATTORNEYS, BUT REAL
INVESTIGATORS COME IN AND THEY
CAN FOLLOW THEM AROUND IF THEY
WANT TO BUT LOOK FOR MORE
DOCUMENTS AND LOOK FOR THE
CONTEXT AND THE WAY THE
DOCUMENTS WERE STORED.
WERE THEY THERE WITH LETTERS,
PERSONAL LETTERS AND TIPPER
PRINTS ON THEM AND DNA ON THEM?
HOW ACCESSIBLE ARE THEY?
THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT
GO -- THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A
CRIME SCENE AND IT HAPPENS THREE
OTHER TIMES WHERE LAWYERS GO IN
AND DO PICKING AND CHOOSING AND
CHOOSING AND I LOOK AT THIS AND
SAY IT JUST LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE
THERE’S SOMETHING TO HIDE HERE
AND SOMETHING TO MANAGE AND
MANIPULATE.
THIS IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION
SITTING BACK AND WATCHING.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE AWARE OF
THE RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO AND
DOCUMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND BACK AND FORTH
THERE AND GAVE THEM A MIGHTY
LECTURE.
PART OF ME WONDERED THERE AND
I’M NOT NEARLY THE EXPERT YOU
ARE, CHRIS, BUT ERIC I WONDER AB
IT AND IT WOULD INDICATE TO ME
HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS
HAPPENING UNDER HIS ROOF MORE
LITERALLY OR IF HE DID, HE’S
EITHER ONE IS A LITTLE
PERPLEXING HAWAII DO YOU MAKE
OF -- WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> LOOK AT SOMEONE THAT SPENT AN
ENTIRE CAREER IN GOVERNMENT IN
ELECTED OFFICE DOESN’T KNOW
WHETHER HE’S IN POSSESSION OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN’T MISS THEM,
THEY HAVE BIG RED JACKETS ON
THEM OR BLUE JACKETS OR YELLOW,
THEY’RE ALL COLOR CODED AND YOU
SIMPLY CAN’T MISS THEM.
SO EITHER IT’S INCOMPETENCE,
GROSS INCOMPETENCE OR GROSS
EXPENDITURE OR SOMETHING ELSE --
GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR SOMETHING
ELSE IS GOING ON HERE THAT .
IS A CASE WHERE THE INVESTIGATOR
SHOULD BE STEPPING IN AND YOU
DON’T HAVE TO GO IN WITH SEARCH
WARRANTS AND SWAT TEAMS AND THAT
SORT OF THING.
YOU CAN COME IN AND A LESS
INTRUSIVE WAY WITH AGENTS
ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR ATTORNEYS
SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY PRESERVE
THE EVIDENCE, RETRIEVE IT THE
WAY IT SHOULD BE RETRIEVED, AND
HANDLE IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
HANDLED BECAUSE CONTEXT IS
EVERYTHING IN THIS KIND OF USE
OF THESE KIND OF CRIMINAL
STATUTES.
IT GOES TO INTENT, IT GOES TO
HOW ACCESSIBLE THESE DOCUMENTS
WERE.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT,
BUT IT’S A BOOMING DISPARITY
BETWEEN HOW THIS WAS HANDLED HAN
MAR LARGO AND -- MAR-A-LAGO AND
DOJ WAS ALLOWED TO INSPECT THEM.
NEIL: IT’S BEEN MORE THAN FIVE
YEARS THEY’VE BEEN SITTING THERE
PRESUMABLY.
OTHERS WERE JUST DISCOVERED
ALSO.
I ALWAYS WONDER IN THAT PERIOD
OF TIME, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THEM AND YOU
MENTION THE FOLDERS, THE TOP
SECRET DOCUMENTS ARE IN, YOU
COULD HAVE SOMEONE TAKE THEM OUT
OF THE FOLDER.
THE FOLDER REMAINS BUTT PAPERS
ARE GONE BUT THAT’S A LOT OVAL
WINDOW TIME FOR A LOT OF -- LOT
OF TIME FOR A LOT OF SCRUTINY ON
THE PART OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
HAVE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW,
NEFARIOUS THINGS OR LEARNING
THINGS THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE
LEARNED DOWN TO THE LAWYERS AND
TEAMS OF LAWYERS WE’RE TOLD ARE
GOING TO THE PRESIDENT’S HOME
RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW HIS CHIEF COUNSEL IS, YOU
KNOW, HAS THOSE SECURITY
CLEARANCES, BUT I’M SURE NOT
EVERYONE WITH HIM DOES.
>> NO, AND THE ONLY WAY, I MEAN,
THIS OUGHT TO BE TREATED AGAIN
LIKE A FORENSIC CRIME SCENE
WHERE YOU CAN TELL WHO HANDLED
THE DOCUMENTS WITH FINGERPRINTS.
EVERY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE HAS
FINGERPRINTS ON FILE OR THEY CAN
SUBMIT THEM.
YOU CAN TELL WHETHER THEIR DNA
IS ON IT, WHETHER THESE
DOCUMENTS LOOK LIKE THEY’VE
NEVER BEEN OPENED UP, THEY’RE
SEALED UP AND THAT SORT OF THING
OR WHETHER THEY’RE IN THERE WITH
PERSONAL LETTERS OR WHETHER THE
BOX HAS BEEN OPENED AND REOPENED
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
ALL THAT CAN BE DETERMINED
FORENSICALLY BUT IN ESSENCE THIS
CRIME SCENE HAS BEEN TRAMPLED BY
BIDEN’S ATTORNEYS.
NEIL: THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
KEEP TRACK OF THIS BECAUSE IT’S
AN EVER REVOLVING STORIES CHRIS,
I APPRECIATE IT.