and inside, the federal government s response to monkeypox. are they doing enough to stop the spread. let s get started. tonight, we begin with the details about what led the fbi to execute a search at donald trump s home this week, according to the newly unsealed search warrant, officials believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. authorities and that removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damages testament of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were
believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. 30s ended up removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. and just hours ago, the heads of the house oversight and house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damage assessment of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in the search. now they are still a lot we don t know. sources speaking to the post declined to give detail about what types of information the agents were seeking. including whether it involved weapons belongin
Among those questions, what it could mean for 2020. Could some in the president s party be rethinking whether they want to stick with mr. Trump amid the impeachment fight. Well break down all the im kagss of last nights elections results. A significant new twist in the Impeachment Inquiry. Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland changing his story now, backing up the testimony of several other key witnesses regarding aid to ukraine and the commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. But why was he allowed to change his testimony . Were going to dig into that in just a moment. Lets go right to the implications of tuesdays elections. For that i want to bring in msnbc National Political correspondent Steve Kornacki. Hes at the big board. Nbc news road war i dont Vaughn Hillyard joins us from louisville, kentucky. Vaughn, its a state that President Trump won by about 30 points in 2016. Here we are just three years later. Looks like there will be a Deck Kr Democrat in the governors me
investigators were looking to get it back? so, john kelly, it s a great piece in the washington post put out earlier today, said it is arrogance. that trump was dismissive of intelligence officials. he thought their presentations were sort of unimpressive. he would routinely take classified documents during the briefings and keep him for himself. and he just felt that these documents belong to him. that they were part of his presidency and he should be able to keep them. john bolton, another former aide, a former national security adviser, said the same thing. that trump s and i m just quoting now. but it fits a pattern here of basically, trump s arrogance. and a dismissal of government process, and a real suspicion of career public officials, in government. paul, let s go back to garland. before the warrant was released, you wrote a piece in the
documents belonged to him. that they were part of his presidency and he should be able to keep them. john bolton, another former aide, a former national security adviser, said the same thing. that trump s and i m just quoting now. but it fits a pattern here of basically, trump s arrogance. and a real dismissal of government process, and a real suspicion of career public officials, in government. paul, let s go back to garland. before the warrant was released, you wrote a piece in the washington post, where you question the doj s choice to go after trump on this issue. you wrote, quote, the first prosecution of a former u.s. president needs to be worthy of the historic weight. after seeing what the warrant says, do you still believe what he wrote then? i sure do, charles. with trump now, it s kind of like federal and state prosecutors. take a number, wait your turn.