the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved so swiftly with a search and seizure that turned up 11 sets of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the new york times reports the government has managed to retrieve hundreds of classified documents from the former president since he left office almost exactly 19 months ago. the times writes quote, the initial batch of documents which eve by the national archives from former president donald trump in january included more than 150 marked as classified. multiple people briefed on the matter said. in total, the government has recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings from mr. trump since he left office, the people said, a first batch of documents returned in january, another set provided by mr. trump s aides to the justice department in
aides instructions you ve got to give these records back they re not. yours will carroll the times is reporting that the doj subpoenaed video footage from mar-a-lago. and said quote, while much of the fat urge footage showed hours of club in floyd s walking to the busy quarter, some of raise concerns for investigators according to people familiar with the matter. it revealed people moving boxes in and out, and in some cases appearing to change the containers some documents were held in. carol, if these were classified items, could this be risk to you, us, the country be even greater than some of us had suspected? well absolutely, but it s a big question of if. what i think is more firmly known is that the absolute justification for the department of justice in their probable cause that they had to present to a federal judge. hey judge, we asked the former
his executive order of clemency, and they really didn t focus on these issues of how to carefully move from one presidency to another. people have described how that was something he only gave any thought to the last 48 hours. so it was pretty hectic and our understanding is that the chief of staff while he was supposed to be involved wasn t that directly involved in making sure classified materials didn t depart with donald trump. we also know which is really important in this saga that 2022 ends up being a much more important time in this criminal investigation. that s when trump was by all accounts resisting all of his aides instructions you ve got to give these records back they re not yours. will carroll the times is reporting that the doj subpoenaed video footage from mar-a-lago. and said quote, while much of
0 that was mitch mcconnell last year and now mitch mcconnell is publicly pessimistic about republicans winning the senate because too many republican candidates support donald trump s attack on our democracy. that is tonight s last word 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. more than 300 classified documents at mar-a-lago. that is the breaking news from the new york times tonight. and the former president sues the department of justice for the mar-a-lago search. some of the presidents legal arguments likely questionable. and bill barr cleared president trump in the russia probe. now a federal probe says there was more to this that story. and there s more signs of known for democrats who heading into the midterms they re getting help from a one time adversary. the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved