and good morning to you, it is saturday, august 27th. i am ali velshi, we are learning more about why the federal government destroy their decision to conduct the unprecedented surge on the former presidents private residence and why a federal judge granted the warrant for them to do. at less than 24 hours ago, redacted copy of the affidavit for that search warrant was unsealed. the document is what the justice department submitted to a federal judge to convince him to approve the search of mar-a-lago, so that fbi agents could recover the box of materials that properly belong to the united states government, many of which turned out to be classified documents. the affidavit does not contain proof of a crime. but it details why the justice department believes it has probable cause to believe that a crime may have been committed. the justice department calls the affidavit, quote, a roadmap to the government s ongoing investigation. that is why about half of the 38-page document
i am ali velshi. we know more this weekend than ever before about the fbi. and the search of the mar-a-lago estate. new details just released to the public, the possibility of criminal prosecution of the twice impeached ex president s so plausible, now, that some federal prosecutors are actually seeing it out loud. less than 24 hours ago we got our first look at the affidavit used by the fbi to convince a federal judge to greenlight the mar-a-lago search. the document is heavily redacted to protect the safety of civilian witnesses and law enforcement officers, but there is plenty to see and hear. including this line. quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises. the affidavit directly contradicts his claim that he was already cooperating with the government. it makes it clear the lengths the government went to before pursuing action to recover the material. outlining how the former president the affidavit paints the pi
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