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security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, some members of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official, could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access programs. now trump s fellow republicans, who had already stuck their neck out for him, without knowing all the facts, always dangerous were left exposed. and struggling to explain why it was, actually find that the ex president kept nuclear documents in the basement of services florida country club. it depends on what the nuclear information is. you can say nuclear weapons. but there are things that are highly, highly classified. there are things that are not extremely classified. but our, nonetheless, classified. the other aspect, with respect to access, is we do not know what those documents are. so, the washington post, had previously reported last month that investigators were looking for information related to nuclear programs in the certain mar-a-la
mar-a-lago, an excuse which he seems to have dropped in recent weeks. now at least according to the washington post, we know it was not a hoax. and even with a month to repair, republicans are still struggling to respond to these latest allegations. do you think it is appropriate, the way that the former president was storing those top secret documents at his residence in mar-a-lago? i don t really have any comments on this whole investigation that has been dominating the news for the last month. i think we are following it like all of you are. documents at mr. a leader, that s important. do you have any comment on that? just sitting here, following all with you. i m mitch mcconnell, i m basically just a dude. the revelations come at a pivotal moment for the investigation into the store documents. this, weekend widely criticized and widely ridiculed ruling, a trump appointed federal judge in florida went over backwards to accommodate trumps late request for a so-cal
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