one former justice department official, who in the past oversaw investigations of leaks of classified information, said the type of top secret information described by the people familiar with the probe would probably cause authorities to try to move as quickly as possible to recover sensitive documents that could cause grave harm to u.s. security. the washington post goes on to to quote david loughman, the former chief of the justice department s counter intelligence action, which investigates leaks of classified information who told the paper, if that s true, it would suggest that material residing unlawfully at mar-a-lago may have been classified at the highest classification level if the fbi and the justice department believe there were top secret material still at mar-a-lago, that would lend itself to greater hair on fire motivation to recover that material as quickly as possible. in this report, the washington
it was after that and a few statements from trump s attorneys about which documents he had returned, that the doj began to question the accuracy of what trump s team was telling them. now jake brats predecessor in that counter intelligence job was david loughman. he handled the david petraeus and hillary clinton investigations what s revolve around the handling of classified records. loughman had this to say about the search of the former florida presidents home. for the government to pursue a search warrant at mar-a-lago tells me that the quantum and quality of the evidence they were reciting, in a search warrant and affidavit than fbi agents were to, was likely so pulverizing in its force as to eviscerate any notion that the search warrant and this investigation is politically motivated. joining us now is david loughman, former chief of the counter intelligence and export control section in the justice
department s national security position. he held opposition until 2018 and he oversaw the investigation of hillary clinton s handling of classified records and the investigation of david petraeus. mr. loughman, thank you for being with. it s good to be with you ali. we hear that many republicans are claiming that this investigation is political but i heard what you said to politico, saying the only way the doj would ve pursued the search warrant is that if it had any evidence that erased any notion that it was politically motivated. when you think that evidence might be in worry so sure about that? because i think in matters of the sensitivity the department is going to air in an abundance of caution not to make sure they not only go after the probable cause to convince them magistrate so there is kind of a plus
and other officials visited mar-a-lago, they subpoenaed the trump organization for a copy of mar-a-lago s surveillance tapes. the company complied turning the tapes over the government. it was after that and a few statements from trump s attorneys about which documents he actually had returned, that the doj began to question the accuracy of what trump s team was telling them. now jay bratt s predecessor in that counter intelligence job was david loughman. he handled the david petraeus and hillary clinton investigations what s revolve around the handling of classified records. laufman had this to say about the search of the former florida presidents home. for the government to pursue a search warrant at mar-a-lago tells me that the quantum and quality of the evidence they were reciting, in a search warrant and affidavit than fbi agents were to, was likely so pulverizing in its force as to eviscerate any notion that the search warrant and this investigation is politically
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