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ELIZABETH: WELCOME BACK TO THE
SHOW FORMER FBI AGENTS MAUREEN
O’CONNELL.
MAUREEN, ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
TANKS FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LET’S GET UP TO SPEED.
TRUMP’S TEAM HAS A DEADLINE OF
8:00 TONIGHT.
WE HAVE JUST CHECKED.
THEY HAVE NOT YET FILED A
RESPONSE TO THE DOJ MOTION
AGAINST TRUMP’S REQUEST FOR A
SPECIAL MASTER.
SO THERE IS THAT.
MAUREEN, WHEN YOU SAW THE STAGED
PHOTOS OF THE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS SPREAD OUT ON THE
CARPET IN TRUMP’S ESTATE NEXT TO
A STORAGE BOX WITH FRAMED "TIME"
MAGAZINE COVERS, WHAT DID YOU
MAKE OF ALL OF THAT?
>> JUST NORMAL COURSE OF ACTION
FOR A PERSON COLLECTING
EVIDENCE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS BUT
OF COURSE WHEN IT’S CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION, THAT ALL HAS TO BE
BLOCKED OUT.
ANYTHING THAT CONTAINS ANY OF
THAT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION HAS
TO BE HANDLED IN VERY STRICT, IN
A VERY STRICT MANNER WITH
PROTOCOLS SET FORTH IN STONE
PRETTY MUCH.
SO IT DIDN’T SURPRISE ME AT ALL.
IT SHOWED ME WHAT ROOM THEY WERE
LOOKING IN.
THE ROOM DESIGNATED 2-A I GUESS
AND NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS THEY SAW
RIGHT THERE.
THE REASON THEY PUT THE OTHER
ITEMS IN THERE, EVEN WHEN WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THE PASSPORTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, IS BECAUSE IT SHOWS, IT
SHOWS THAT THE ITEMS ARE NOT
CARED FOR THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE
AND THEY’RE NOT, INTERMINGLED
WITH THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW,
MAGAZINES AND STUFF.
THAT ACTUALLY IS AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT TO THIS WHOLE THING, I
THINK.
ELIZABETH: SO WHAT COULD THE
TRUMP TEAM SAY IN RESPONSE TO
THE DOJ CITING OBSTRUCTION?
THE GOVERNMENT RECORDS WERE
DELIBERATELY CONCEALED AND MOVED
WHEN THE FBI TRIED TO RETRIEVE
THEM IN JUNE FROM THE STORAGE
ROOM?
I THINK THE REPORTS ARE THAT
THREE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE
IN HIS OFFICE DESK.
THE DEBATE STILL IS WHAT WERE
THESE DOCUMENTS, WHY DID TRUMP
HAVE THEM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS POWERFUL
RESPONSE COULD BE?
>> WELL, FIRST I MEAN WHEN YOU
CONSIDER IT, THEY HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR THESE DOCUMENTS
FOREVER.
THERE WAS A GRAND JURY SUBPOENA
SUPPLIED TO THEM.
THEY CAME TO THE DOOR, PROVIDED
THEM WITH A READ WELL ENVELOPE,
TAPED UP CAREFULLY AND HANDED TO
THEM, SAID THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
ALL THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTATION
WE HAVE AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE
SEARCH?
SO THEY GAVE THAT TO THE AGENTS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AFTER
THAT, REALLY, BY THE WAY,
READING THE RESPONSE FROM DOJ
GAVE US ALL THE INFORMATION.
I WISH THE BUREAU WOULD HAVE PUT
OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS RAID
BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF
INFORMATION THAT STOP THIS IS
RUNAWAY TRAIN FROM HAPPENING.
THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH HATRED
AND DISSENT TOWARD THE FBI WHEN,
I MYSELF HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS
GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOR
THE LAST WEEK.
BUT WHEN I READ THIS 39 OR
40-PAGE DOCUMENT IT REALLY
BROUGHT, IT REALLY BROUGHT TO
LIGHT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT
REALLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND
ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY.
ELIZABETH: GOT IT.
>> SO WHEN THEY HANDED THEM THAT
READ WELL ENVELOPE WITH ALL THE
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THERE WAS
SOMEONE INSIDE WHO WAS A SOURCE
FOR THE BUREAU WHO LET THEM
KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS EVERYWHERE.
THEN THEY GO BACK TO FIND A
TREASURE TROVE OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS OR VULNERABILITIES FOR
THE UNITED STATES ACTUALLY.
ELIZABETH: SO THEN THERE IS
THIS, WE MAY NOT KNOW UNTIL
AFTER THE MIDTERMS WHAT THE DOJ
WILL DO ABOUT THIS BECAUSE UNDER
LONG-STANDING JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
POLICY YOU DON’T ACT ON AN
INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING ANY
FORMERLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
TRADITIONALLY 60 DAYS BEFORE AN
ELECTION.
THIS YEAR THAT WOULD BE
SEPTEMBER 10th.
IF YOU DON’T HEAR ANYTHING BY
THEN WE MAY NOT HEAR ANYTHING
UNTIL AFTER THE MIDTERMS.
DOES THIS JUST GO AWAY OR HANG
OUT THERE IN THE ETHER JUST
DIVIDING THE NATION WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, THIS IS
DIVIDING THE NATION, LIZ, BUT I
WILL TELL YOU THIS IS NOT GOING
AWAY.
NO ONE IS GOING TO LET THIS GO
AWAY BUT IT IS REALLY, IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY
TO SLOW OUR ROLL WHEN WE’RE
DEALING WITH THIS.
IT LOOKS TO ME FROM THIS
DOCUMENT AFTER READING IT A FEW
HOURS AGO THAT THE BUREAU TRIED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO GET
THEIR HANDS ON THE DOCUMENTS,
GET THEM OUT OF MAR-A-LAGO.
ONE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T
UNDERSTAND ABOUT MAR-A-LAGO IS
THAT, IT WAS BUILT AS A PRIVATE
RESIDENCE AND IT IS A PRIVATE
CLUB AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
CAN COME IN AND FOR DINNER.
>> GOT IT.
MAUREEN, THANK YOU.