outfront, obstruction. the affidavit the justice department used to obtain a search warrant for mar-a-lago. the affidavit, about 38 pages long. about half of it is redacted. blacked out. it is still shedding light on the criminal investigation including the probable cause that warranted the search. according to the doj, of the 15 boxes that trump handed over in january, 14 contained documents with classification markings. that included 67 which were marked confidential noorks marked secret, and 25 marked top secret. according to the fbi, of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records and otherwise improperly identified. tell affidavit said the fbi believes trump s storage room residential suite, the 45 office, and other locations potentially held more national defense information. that s concerning because we ll show you where some of those rooms are in mar-a-lago. you can see in red is trump s suite. and you ca
tonight, the mar-a-lago affidavit is providing more clarity about why the justice department authorized the unprecedented search of a former president s home. the affidavit underscoring the fbi s fear that highly sensitive material might still be on the premises after dozens of classified documents already had been retrieved. here s cnn s justice correspondent, jessica schneider. startling new details about the hundreds of pages of documents former president trump kept at mar-a-lago for months as the national archives tried to get them back. the top-secret stuff and compartment can get people killed. it is completely alarming. reporter: the now unsealed affidavit revealing 14 of the 15 boxes that the archives revealed in january of 2022 contained classified information, 184 unique documents in all, 67 marked confidential, 92 marked secret, and 25 marked top-secret. prosecutors said of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfolded, intermixed
her younger sister survived. and then when they came to buffalo, new york, she built a life. it brings back so many memories. never again airs later tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern. erin burnett starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the justice department releasing the document that paved the way for the investigation at mar-a-lago. plus, more security concerns at mar-a-lago. a russian speaking woman who reportedly posed as a banking heiress got into the resort and next to president trump. the reporter who broke the story is our guest. and democrats see a winning message going after republicans on abortion. so far, it seems to be working. let go out front.
former presidential candidate john edwards, was not a contribution but a gift that he could use whatever way he wanted, even on his mistress. that is the testimony today from the lawyer of the banking heiress, bunny mellon. here is a picture of her not expected to testify because she is new 101 years old but her lawyer today says back in 2010 he heroined bunny mellon deposited $175,000 check into the account of the former john edwards aide, andrew young, and the lawyer said bunny mellon told him it was for personal need, but john edwards but did not know what the need was. the prosecution says john edwards now that he was using the money to hide appear affair from voters and his dying wife. john edwards lawyers say he did not know of the cash and andrew young, the aide, spent most of it on his dream home. jonathan is at the courthouse in north carolina. we learned john edwards asked for more money, right?