search played out in a florida courtroom today, the same fbi search that approved the warrant to look for those classified and top secret documents opened to the door to the possibility that portions of the affidavit could be made public as soon as next week. first, he s giving prosecutors the opportunity to propose redactions and explain why each piece of information should be kept from the public. the justice department says all of it needs to remain sealed. they say releasing it could, quote, cause significant and irrepairable damage to the ongoing investigation, as well as the witnesses. the judge did unseal four new documents tied to the search warrant. and there is some new info in there. last week we learned of the possible crimes the prosecutors were looking into, violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice, and criminal handling of government records. so, now we re learning a little more about what those means. prosecutors say the potential crimes are, nu
a judge in florida saying there are portions that could be unsealed and giving the doj a week to explain everything that they say needs to be kept secret. but will it be page after page of black redactions? how will we know? we don t know until we see it. that as a justice department lawyer says the affidavit contains, and i quote here, substantial grand jury information and warns releasing it could have a chilling effect on witnesses. but the judge did release several never-before-seen documents today including the motion where prosecutors argue that they needed to keep their search warrant secret because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. there are some more really intriguing clues in one of those documents. more on that in just a moment. but you ve got to wonder just how much the former president actually wants the full affidavit to be released. because his lawyer sitting right there in court today didn t sa
tonight starts right now. i watched you today and i could not believe you had so much energy in the afternoon. how is that possible? lots of coffee? what are you doing? it s caffeine. and i m enjoying it, don. that s what s happening. you re seeing my ebullience. i m enjoying my job. you wait for these 30 seconds between us and that s why ire all excited about it. isn t that correct? that is correct, don. and that s all you ll give me. that s as close as i can get to you because of the restraining order. you weren t supposed to talk about that. that s why you re in a separate room. see, we re not together actually. thanks, always yin. i ll see you tomorrow. bye. this is don lemon tonight. and we ve got some serious things to talk about. what we re learning from court documents tells us more about the fbi s search of mar-a-lago and what it may mean for the former president. and there may be even more to come. the stage is set nor what could be the public release of a redact