the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved so swiftly with a search and seizure that turned up 11 sets of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the new york times reports the government has managed to retrieve hundreds of classified documents from the former president since he left office almost exactly 19 months ago. the times writes quote, the initial batch of documents which eve by the national archives from former president donald trump in january included more than 150 marked as classified. multiple people briefed on the matter said. in total, the government has recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings from mr. trump since he left office, the people said, a first batch of documents returned in january, another set provided by mr. trump s aides to the justice department in
attorney general bill barr. a d.c. circuit court now telling us that there was more to the story of the department of justice manual memo in which barr concluded there was not enough evidence to charge trump with obstruction. here s a bar said back in 2019. the special counsel s report states that, quote this investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government and its election interference activities. he couldn t decide about obstruction, you did is that correct? that s right. carol, speak to the significance of this and also, are recently hailed as a truth teller because as seen in the january 6th depositions, he told trump there was no election of election fraud in 2020. do you think people have forgotten what barr was willing to do and did do for trump? you know, i think there is no doubt that the former attorney general was a
them from the federal government down to mar-a-lago in violation of any number of statutes, and to me it seems a little in congress to say, i want the documents that i stole and retained after being requested, after they were being subpoenaed i continue to unlawfully retain. but hey judge, we won a special master, an independent person to come in and see if there s any lingering executive privilege in any of the documents that i wrongfully took and withheld. that feels as i said incongruous, it may be an issue a first impression. i don t like to be any direct case law controlling the sort set of facts and circumstances, and there s no telling whether the judge will buy into this or whether she will just deny it outright. i want to turn to former attorney general bill barr. a d. c. circuit court now telling us that there was more to the story of the department of justice manual memo in which barr concluded there was not
0 that was mitch mcconnell last year and now mitch mcconnell is publicly pessimistic about republicans winning the senate because too many republican candidates support donald trump s attack on our democracy. that is tonight s last word 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. more than 300 classified documents at mar-a-lago. that is the breaking news from the new york times tonight. and the former president sues the department of justice for the mar-a-lago search. some of the presidents legal arguments likely questionable. and bill barr cleared president trump in the russia probe. now a federal probe says there was more to this that story. and there s more signs of known for democrats who heading into the midterms they re getting help from a one time adversary. the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved