and in good health. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett, raid on tape, we have new body cam video that we ve just obtained of law enforcement executing a search warrant at the home of former trump justice department official jeffrey clark. sources tell cnn the raid was part of the justice department sweeping investigation into trump s attempted to overturn the 2020 election. here is the moment that clark opened the door. mr. clark, how are you, good morning. i m with doj oig. can you turn that off for me. can you step outside with me, we have a search warrant and we need to speak to you. can i get you to step outside. and i call my lawyer? just real quickly got to clear the house. is your wife home? please step outside with me real quick. we will put you over here so no one will see you. go ahead and step on out for me. can i put pants on, first. they are going to clear the house. cannot open the garage and stand in the garage? it s a search
florida property in part these are was not necessarily for appropriate. it s important to note that the search would be required for top as well as the fbi director chris wray. according to a person who s familiar with the matter, the search focus on trump s mar-a-lago cnn has learned that officials were examining where documents were stored and that some boxes were removed from that resort in mar-a-lago cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is in washington senior correspondent outside of president trump s mar-a-lago estate. caitlin, let s start with you. there are two note just a different estimation that are connected to trump. and then the removal of those classified documents to mar-a-lago after he left the white house. this search that took place yesterday were told is about the latter. about those documents. what does this tell us about where that investigation is handled. it s a very dramatic escalation. you have this search president
contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his testimony. here is what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a bible that i can take the oath on. deliver that. we will see how good you are, raskin and cheney. serve it up. surprised he isn t speaking about himself in the third person. when people view themselves as important, they reach peak pomposity and do that. to get a subpoena means you appear. there s no optio
put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon s claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask and these are his words what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who promised, as he made his first court appearance to make his, quote, the misdemeanor from. it s the same stephen and who, even as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee, express contempt for its members and continued his tough guy routine, conditions for his testimony here s what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a wholly bible i can take the
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