marked classified that was found had been intermingled with press clippings, clothing and other nick knacks. questions about what the former president was doing with 11,000 documents that were recovered. the federal district court released the catalog while she makes a decision on whether to appointing a special master. william barr called it a waste of time and a red herring. he also said loud and clear that his old boss brought this on himself by taking what did not belong to him, refusing to give it back and he seemed to suggest perhaps obstructing justice with his legal team deceiving investigators. i think the driver on this from the beginning was, you know, loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay? and how long is the government going to try to get that back? they jawbone for a year. they were deceived on
even in the library. let s go out front. good evening. i m erica hill, in tonight for erin burnett. out front tonight are all documents accounted for. that s the question tonight after a newly released court filing reveals the fbi s search of mar-a-lago last month recovered 48 empty folders marked as classified information. it s important to note we don t know what was in those folders. what we do know, they were empty, all four dozen of them. according to the seven-page inventory unsealed today they also found press clippings, clothes, gifts, 11,000 non-classified documents, 18 documents marked cop secret, 54 marked secret, and 31 documents marked confidential. there were also an additional 42 empty folders labeled return to staff secretary/military aide. now, keep in mind this trove is on top of the 15 boxes trump s team turned over in january. there were 184 classified documents in those boxes. the former president claims many of the documents are actually protected by e