details the potential offenses being investigated. you can see there, it says willful retention of national defense information, also concealment or removal of government records. also obstruction of a federal investigation. that willful retention that you see there, anderson, it s key because legal experts are telling our evan perez and caitlin polantz that it s that language that points directly to the former president as a possible subject of the criminal probe. something else that was released was the motion to seal, and it has federal prosecutors expressing their concern that, as you can see there, evidence might be destroyed. and, you know anderson, that could explain why fbi agents were really compelled to move in and spent hours taking, you know, 11 steps of classified documents in the end. could you just explain what the doj s main argument against releasing the affidavit is? yeah, they ve been arguing this in their papers, they also argued it forcefully in court
million dollars a day for at least two days following the fbi search. and he s continue to send out dozens of emails and text to supporters. and then there s our cnn exclusive tonight. 18 top trump administration officials saying, the claim from the former president and his allies that he had a so-called standing order to declassify any order he took from the oval office. they say, this is nonsense. he had a standing order, there s the would ve been looking for. that the documents removed from the oval office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them. donald trump issued sweeping declassification orders on multiple occasions. 18 former top trump officials several one senior official calls it, and i am quoting here, bs. that is not my word. another senior official called it total nonsense. former chief of staff john kelly said, another quote, nothing approaching in order that foolish was ever given. look, you cannot just decla
doj a week to explain everything that they say needs to be kept secret. but, will it be page after page of ridden blanca word actions? how will we know? we don t know. until we see it. that is 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 need to keep their search warrant secret because, quote, the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. there are some more really intriguing clues and one of those documents. more on that in just a moment. but you have 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 say a word. that is a source tells cnn, donations to trump s political
everything that they say needs to be kept secret. but, will it be page after page of ridden blanca word actions? how will we know? we don t know. until we see it. that is 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 need to keep their search warrant secret because, quote, the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. there are some more really intriguing clues and one of those documents. more on that in just a moment. but you have 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 say a word. that is a source tells cnn, donations to trump s political action committee topped 1