of charges against him with that case being particularly challenging for him since his actions were so public in the meantime, in special counsel jack smith s investigation into trump s retention of classified documents at mar-a-lago, according to the washington post, the justice department has uncovered new evidence pointing to possible obstruction, writing that investigators now suspect based on witness statements security camera footage, and other documentary evidence that boxes including classified material were moved from a mar-a-lago storage area after the subpoena was served, and that trump personally examined at least some of those boxes. despite all his legal peril, trump s republican supporters and even his potential 2024 opponents are still sounding like it s 2016, defending the maga cult leader with that particular combination of fake outrage and terror that we have all come to know is not to respect. it feels obvious to a lot of us that it s politically
office. the white house has been criticized for not being more forthcoming. the first documents were discovered on november 2, but the white house didn t acknowledge that until last week, after being asked by cbs news. and since then, the white house has said even more documents had been found at another location. today, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre was asked 18 times about the issue. when it comes to legal issues, we have been very clear that we are not going to comment. reporter: republicans continue to criticize the white house for not going public sooner. prior to an election, they kept it secret. at no time did he get raided by the f.b.i. reporter: but white house aides are calling that criticism fake outrage, arguing there was little concern expressed from republicans when classified documents were found at mar-a-lago. norah, weve learned tonight that special counsel is expected to begin his investigation into