it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. we should note ndi stands for national defense information. the affidavit goes on to provide a preliminary assessment of what was in the january material. quoting again, 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, 25 documents marked as top secret. 25 top secret documents. just to put that in perspective, i want to read y
good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look we ve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former president s home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out the government s case that a search could yield evidence of a crime or even multiple crimes. it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause
cnn s natasha bertrand joins me now. the director of national intelligence is taking this very seriously. she is and rightfully so, right, because of all the sensitive information we believe was in these documents and we re learning that the director of national intelligence, avril haines has written a letter to the oversight and house intelligence committees telling them that she has begun a classification review and a review of the risk to national security that these kind of loose documents could pose. now, clearly this is kind of an escalation here. we weren t sure whether the intelligence community would be able to see the documents that had been retrieved from mar-a-lago because they are part of an active criminal investigation, and the fbi typically holds very closely any evidence in those probes. but obviously the risk here, the potential risk to national security contained in these documents is just too great for the intel community to not be made aware of what s p
this week a different saga that stretches back to the 2020 election is at an end, at least it appears so for the two individuals who pleaded guilty thursday to stealing and selling a personal journal and other items belonging to the president s daughter, ashley biden. that is the headline. the backstory is detailed and tha dark. cnn s athena jones has the details. i grew up in wilmington, delaware, and had a fairly normal childhood. reporter: ashley biden s tax records, cell phone abnd a handwritten journal containing highly personal entries, two florida residents admitted to stealing and selling to project veritas. pleading guilty in federal court in new york to conspiracy of
two individuals who pleaded guilty thursday to stealing and selling a personal journal and other items belonging to the president s daughter, ashley biden. that s the headline, but the back story is detailed and dark. cnn s athena jones has the details. i grew up in wilmington, delaware, and had a fairly normal childhood. reporter: ashley biden s tax records. among the items two florida residents admitted to stealing and selling to conservative group project veritas. pleading guilty on conspiracy to commit transportation of stolen property. thank you, pennsylvania very much. i m thrilled to be in. reporter: the latest revelation an assorted tale that stretches back to the final weeks of the 2020 election. in june 2020 court documents say amy harris was the guest of the same room in delray beach, florida, where biden s daughter had been staying with a friend.