security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, some members of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official, could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access programs. now trump s fellow republicans, who had already stuck their neck out for him, without knowing all the facts, always dangerous were left exposed. and struggling to explain why it was, actually find that the ex president kept nuclear documents in the basement of services florida country club. it depends on what the nuclear information is. you can say nuclear weapons. but there are things that are highly, highly classified. there are things that are not extremely classified. but our, nonetheless, classified. the other aspect, with respect to access, is we do not know what those documents are. so, the washington post, had previously reported last month that investigators were looking for information related to nuclear programs in the certain mar-a-la
mar-a-lago, an excuse which he seems to have dropped in recent weeks. now at least according to the washington post, we know it was not a hoax. and even with a month to repair, republicans are still struggling to respond to these latest allegations. do you think it is appropriate, the way that the former president was storing those top secret documents at his residence in mar-a-lago? i don t really have any comments on this whole investigation that has been dominating the news for the last month. i think we are following it like all of you are. documents at mr. a leader, that s important. do you have any comment on that? just sitting here, following all with you. i m mitch mcconnell, i m basically just a dude. the revelations come at a pivotal moment for the investigation into the store documents. this, weekend widely criticized and widely ridiculed ruling, a trump appointed federal judge in florida went over backwards to accommodate trumps late request for a so-cal
tonight, on all in. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who sent us all in motion. the january 6th committee, commanding donald trump s appearance on the day that steve bannon gets to prison for blowing them off. tonight, george conway on the documents, and testimony that the committee is seeking in the subpoena of donald trump. then, why was the ex president, reportedly, keeping classified intelligence about iran, and china? explosive new details is the stolen documents at mar-a-lago. plus, the victims of the wrong desantis election fraud stunt has charges dropped. no referred to the doj from arizona, and an all in, starting right now good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. there s many crimes of donald trump stands accused, of many legal challenges he faces, the can be difficult to keep trap. there is, of course, the investigation into classified documents that he appears to have stolen, and hoarded, in the basement of his retirement home. we wi
a newly unsealed document shows the agency is looking into several crimes which include the, quote, willful retention of national defense information. that revelation does a couple of things, one, it intensifies the focus on former president trump as the possible or a possible subject of the investigation. trump has claimed a standing order to declassify documents he took from the white house, but in a cnn exclusive, 18 former top trump administration officials tell us they never heard of any such order issued while trump was in office. it also may be key that that law, willful retention of national defense information, it may not matter if the information was classified. we will dig into that more deeply. as the spotlight brightens on trump the doj continues its fight for some secrecy. the department expressed serious concerns that releasing the affidavit behind the search warrant could impede its investigation, also might endanger witnesses. still the judge appears to be
plus, incredible new reporting on just how easy it is to infiltrate the resort home where donald trump stored an actual security secrets. and after an incredibly successful week, the biden administration warning republicans ahead of the midterms. they are about to find out! when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. we have the affidavit, filed by the fbi, in support of its search warrant of the ex presidents retirement home. now, there are a lot of really fascinating nuggets and revelations throughout, despite its quite heavy redactions. but one stands starkly out, as it did during the initial reveal of the search warrant itself. just the plain confirmation, black and white, quote, probable cause exists to believe that evidence contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed will be found at mar-a-lago. that is really the not of it, right there, isn t it? that s all with this has been about, the back and forth wi