operatives into the county elections office. these operatives were working for one of the former presidents attorneys, sydney powell. this video was taken the same day that a voting system there was, in some way, breach. cnn s drew griffin joins us now with more on that, including some revealing audio. but for now, it s enough to say that the facts of drew s story suggest this was part of a larger coordinated plan to support the election. this isn t just about some threat that is coming on. when it comes to election subversion, the past is never dead. it s not even passed. in fact, the signs right now point to it being prolonged. - - election denier for secretary of state. also in arizona and michigan, people who actually oversee the 2024 election in those states. the republican nominee and at least 21 of this year s governor races as someone who is projected raised doubts about or try to overturn the 2020 election. the former top of the ticket can t seem to quit it either.
and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if it s an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. i
so we have a big development tonight. secret service assistant director tony dawn arrow has left the agency, according to two sources. this coming two months after the a formal white house aide testified it ornado had told her then the president trump had told her then, president trump was irate when his security detail was wouldn t taken to the capitol on january six. when it turned to the panel here, special lottery watergate prosecutor neck nick akerman good evening to one at all. can t get my lips to work tonight. are you guys doing. good to see you. i want to get your reaction that tony ornato was leaving the investigation for the january 6th. this figure is one who has been controversial within the secret service for sometime. i think his departure from the secret service comes just as the january six commission has him now in their sights. this is a moment of some transition for the secret service. just in the last couple of days, president biden has appointed a new
engaging in political persecution, but we know a federal judge had to sign off on this search warrant. it wasn t just the fbi acting on its own. and before it was even in front of that judge, the highest levels of the doj including the trump appointed director of the fbi, likely had to approve the action. we also know that the fbi met with trump s legal team in june about white house documents that were being stored at mar-a-lago. so the key question in this mystery now is, what changed between that june meeting and yesterday? it was big enough to compel the fbi to move. cnn s leyla santiago is live outside mar-a-lago. you re learning more about the timeline and what led up to the search. fill us in. it s important to go all the way back to the beginning of the year. january, where we start to see this timeline unfold, when we know that president trump s team was interviewed by the fbi. and that s when they really started to look into what was a lot of records believed to b
it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. we should note ndi stands for national defense information. the affidavit goes on to provide a preliminary assessment of what was in the january material. quoting again, 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, 25 documents marked as top secret. 25 top secret documents. just to put that in perspective, i want to read y