on or before august 19, 2022, and the daytime 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at night. we know there are three pages of items that were taken from mar-a-lago. i want to read some of them to you. we are told that the fbi took 20 boxes of items from the premises, including one set of documents marked as various classified, top secret and sensitive information documents. the property receipt which is also part of this indicates that fbi agents collected four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets of confidential documents. the list also includes the fbi taking a leather bound box of documents, binders of photos and handwritten notes and as far as the actual property receipt we are told the clemency letter written on behalf with of roger stone, president trump s long time confidante, was taken by the fbi.
mike: a broader political context from all of this, less than 90 days from midterm elections, will term the balance of power on capitol hill. if republican voters think this is overreach by big brother and the government, does that energize them, what s the big impact in terms of election day 2022? brian: two things. this issue on its face and then you have january 6th, and the hearings that are so concerning that we have to extend it through the summer, so concerning, might have to do another primetime event in september, so concerning it s of national security, make sure it comes up maybe the third week in october and maybe they feel it s enough of a risk to raid a president s house or estate in his case, sprawling compound to get the information that would allow the story to unfold, more information and more experts what many people think are democratic momentum when it seems so dire a few weeks ago. sandra: brian, could i go now to the massive tax and spend
spoke about it yesterday saying he personally approved the warrant and it should be released for the public to see. meanwhile, new reporting about monday s raid at mar-a-lago: they say the fbi was searching for nuclear documents in the former president s possession. david spunt live from the justice department. we are talking about the search warrant, not the affidavit, right? david: correct. affidavit would have more information about the probable cause, and what is released today is the search warrant, potential inventory of things taken from mar-a-lago. we assume it will happen today, he did not say by close of business by 5:00, so thinking it would happen today. and to clarify, the department of justice said go ahead, get this information out to the public. former president trump last night on truth social said i
in order to understand why the dramatic actions were taken, mike. sandra: fair to say a lot we don t know at this hour as we await to learn more. we do know records have been seized, the fbi found classified documents during the search of the mar-a-lago residence and now reaction from steve scalise is joining us, house minority whip. your reaction to this news. once again we still have not heard a full explanation from the department of justice and yesterday merrick garland talked about the law being applied equally, and does anybody really think they have applied these laws evenly to past presidents, to hillary clinton, to others who have had classified information. president trump is making it clear he declassified this but he also was complying with the intelligence agency when they recommended to put some of the information behind lock and key, he did that. so he was already in compliance. they knew he was out of the
saw with the handling of various elements going back, the steele dossier, just what we have seen over the past few years, you have to be skeptical of some of the actions and you have to get to that point where they explain what brought them to this moment. mike: so bret, house intelligence chairman adam schiff of california is out with a statement saying the protection of classified information is an issue of the highest priority for the intelligence committee and as we learn more we will responsibly discharge our oversight responsibilities but considering his history with some of the stuff with the former president, that does not give a whole lot of comfort to president trump supporters. bret: yeah, right. that s that s a name that obviously brings up all kinds of thoughts for trump supporters about the process we went through over the past few years and his reaction to hillary