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
good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look we ve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former president s home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out the government s case that a search could yield evidence of a crime or even multiple crimes. 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
Tonight on the reidout a bunch of Dodgy Affidavits that dont add up. You have a group of people with dubious credentials. Thats your characterization. Thats all your characterization. So far, you have provided no evidence. You myth as well be working for dominion and smartmatic. Im waiting for you to provide the evidence. Youll see it in court. That was back in 2021. And now, we will hear all about it in court, as the cracken lady, Sidney Powell, accepts a plea guiel, agreeing to testify against donald trump and the other codefendants in the Georgia Election interference case. Also tonight, the disgraceful Republican House caucus is still leaderless, with jim jordan vowing to make yet another embarrassing effort to win the speakers gavel. And were one hour from an address from joe biden. And we begin tonight with the release of the cracken, but not in the way donald trump was expecting. We learned one of trumps key allies and legal agitators cut a deal with fani Willis Office in the Ge
known no bounds. listen to lawyer sidney powell who for years has been pushing the false narrative of massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election. it s been organized and conducted with the help of silicon valley people, the big tech companies, the social media companies and even the media companies. and i m going to release the kracken. reporter: powell was part of the elite strike force, a team of lawyers who claimed to be rooting out election fraud. they falsely accused dominion voting system and smartmatic of helping orchestrate the alleged fraud by using an algorithm in their machines to flip votes from then president trump to joe biden. powell was pressed to provide proof during this tense interview with the australian broadcast corporation. what do you have in your case? you have a bunch of dodgy affidavits that don t add up. you have a group of people with
fraud in the 2020 presidential election. it s been organized and conducted with the help of silicon valley people, the big tech companies, the social media companies and even the media companies. and i m going to release the kracken. reporter: powell was part of the elite strike force, a team of lawyers who claimed to be rooting out election fraud. they falsely accused dominion voting system and smartmatic of helping orchestrate the alleged fraud by using an algorithm in their machines to flip votes from then president trump to joe biden. powell was pressed to provide proof during this tense interview with the australian broadcast corporation. what do you have in your case? you have a bunch of dodgy affidavits that don t add up. you have a group of people with dubious credentials. that s your characterization. that s all your characterization. so far you ve provided no evidence you might as well be working