them to the federal government, but despite all of that the fbi still recovered 11 sets marked as classified documents when they did the search last monday. that included documents, john, that were marked at every level of classification in the system, including the most sensitive types of documents that are not to be represent anywhere but in special secured rooms called skiffs. those seized boxes are evidence in an ongoing criminal appropriate plus the justice department will look at all of the interactions that investigators had with trump s team over the past several month and that s going to be all factoring in as they decide whether anyone should be charged with a crime. no one has been charged at this time. there are a lot of questions about exactly what these documents pertain to. two house committees have asked for a classified briefing as well as a damage assessment from the intelligence community and trump for his part, he is indicating that his team could try to c
plus, 700 and counting, that s the latest number of classified documents that donald trump had at mar-a-lago. we ll explain why there s likely many more to come. also ahead, president biden is expected to announce a decision today on a controversial plan that could impact millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 24th. i m sam stein, in for jonathan lemire. results are pouring in this morning after key primaries in new york in one of the most closely-watched races this primary season, nbc news projects that congressman jerry nadler has won the democratic primary for new york s 12th congressional district. he defeated his fellow encouple bantd, maloney. third candidate in the race was patel, former staffer for president obama who ran on the platform of generational change. and new york s 17th district, democratic congressman sean patrick maloney beat back a fierce primary challenge from progressive state senator biaggi
th e a trump ally, but, you know, it really does clarify a lot of things for us including the timeline of how these discussions were going on behind the scenes earlier this year. but the fact that there were 700 pages contained here in these 15 boxes taken back from mar-a-lago earlier this year, again, 100 classified documents, some of them in this special access programs type of things, which, again, even if you have classified clearance, the top secret clearance in the united states government, you need additional clearance to be able to access this. it is something that, you know, we were trying to figure out why would you post this letter that all right. the angle that appears to be coming from the trump side, bianna, is that these shows that the biden white house really was involved in the early discussions here in making sure that it was an investigation. that s not really what the letter shows. if you read it carefully you will see that the biden white house was givi
involved in the death of rayshard brooks in atlanta in 2020. a live report coming up. we have a lot going on here this afternoon. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to start with our nbc news news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former prosecutor and legal analyst tally winestein. the new letter that nbc news has gotten their hands on, the national archives had it, posted it, to mr. trump s attorneys where they found more than 100 documents marked as classified. talk about this letter and what changed between january when some of these docs were recovered to this summer and this past month? just how long the justice department has known that very sensitive, highly classified documents have been stored at mar-a-lago. this letter was written in may, is that the national archives found documents marked sensitive compartmented information and sap, special access programs, among the 15 boxes of documents that trump folks turned over in january whe
faces a critical decision on student loans. we know august 31st is a date that many people are waiting to hear something from. we ve been talking daily about this, and i can tell you that the american people will hear within the next week or so. but up first, a federal judge in plain english delivers a rebuke of donald trump and his legal defenders. the facts are reliable. those words came from judge bruce reinhart in a new court order this morning and it makes clear that the judge views that the affidavit that was used to justify the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago as iron clad. that order also coming as the justice department is now deciding what it wants to keep out of public view, including sensitive information about witnesses and steps into its investigation into former president trump. let s get straight to kat katelyn polantz for more. why did the judge decide to put out this new filing today and what is the significance coming ahead of this all-important deadl