now, within the past hour, we got word from the new york times about what could have prompted the national archives to take that step. here's the headline. archives found possible classified material in boxes returned by trump. quote, the national archives and records administration discovered what it believed was classified information in documents that donald j trump had taken with him from the white house as he left office. according to a person briefed on the matter. the discovery prompted the national archives to reach out to the justice department for guidance. the person said, the department told the national archives to have its inspector general exam in the matter. the times doesn't know what's happened next. meanwhile, the washington post, which first reported the national archives referral to the justice department, also reports that these discussions between the two agencies are preliminary. it's not yet clear whether the justice department will investigate this.