word. the 11th hour starts right now. s last word tonight, revelations from the highly anticipated affidavit and that led to the search of mar-a-lago. confirmation of got to fight documents discovered in florida, and the possible threats to national security. then, the heavily reacted document leaves a lot of unanswered questions, especially about potential legal implications for the already, twice impeached, former president. and, as we try to navigate this uncharted territory, one of our favorite, presidential historians, tries to put it all to perspective. as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy friday night. but evening once again. i alicia menendez am in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warran
word. the 11th hour starts right now. tonight, revelations from the highly anticipated affidavit and that led to the search of mar-a-lago. confirmation of hard to find documents discovered in florida, and the possible threats to national security. then, the heavily redacted document leaves a lot of unanswered questions, especially about potential legal implications for the already, twice impeached, former president. and, as we try to navigate this uncharted territory, one of our favorite presidential historians, tries to put it all to perspective. as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy friday night. good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been
good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been unsealed and made public. the document supports much of which was already known about the criminal investigation to whether trump and his aides took secret government papers, and failed to return all of them, despite repeated demands from senior government officials. nbc s peter alexander has more on today s bombshell developments. reporter: the 38-page affidavit focuses on what the fbi says it found in 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives in january. mixed in with newspapers, magazines, and presidential correspondents were 184 classified documents, 67 of them marked confidential. 92 marked secret. and 25
this is a real time teachable moment. we are all looking at the issue of security around mar-a-lago. and here comes this report, but the fbi separately, is investigating, at, best scammers, at worst, potentially, depending on where this case goes, some kind of intelligence operative. we simply don t know. the message is clear. it s not the first time the fbi has had investigations regarding persons authorized, lurking around, penetrating mar-a-lago, chinese nationals, at a minimum, in the past, a couple of, them have done so. so, the question, what s going on with the security posture around mar-a-lago, around this president? the tone for security is always such from the top. if he doesn t want a vetting of people and guests, it s not happening. and apparently, it isn t happening. and so, it proves the point that this is one of the worst places you can store information. and then, his approach to doj, saying i double locked the
the fbi separately, is investigating, at, best scammers, at worst, potentially, depending on where this case goes, some kind of intelligence operative. we simply don t know. the message is clear. it s not the first time the fbi has had investigations regarding persons authorized, lurking around, penetrating mar-a-lago, chinese nationals, at a minimum, in the past, a couple of, them have done so. so, the question, what s going on with the security posture around mar-a-lago, around this president? the tone for security is always such from the top. if he doesn t want a vetting of people and guests, it s not happening. and apparently, it isn t happening. and so, it proves the point that this is one of the worst places you can store information. and then, his approach to doj, saying i double locked the doors, don t worry about it. i got discovered. it just simply doesn t fly, when you ve got, at best, scam artists were coming in, under false i. d. s, false names, taking the photos with the