flint, michigan. up first just before midnight justice department legal filing and what it tells us about the case against donald trump. the 36-page filing is full of critical new details. they include three classified documents in desks inside the former president s office. more than 100 documents in 13 boxes with classification markings inside the former president s residence. some of those documents so secret the fbi and d orkoj persl charged with reviewing them needed to get additional security clearances. the filing includes this stunning photograph, a smattering of highly classified documents with unmistakably clear, top secret and sci markings laid out on a mar-a-lago carpet next to a time of framed magazine covers and this, too, justice department lawyers now allege mr. trump and his attorneys likely committed a crime by obstructing a federal investigation. stopping fbi agents from looking through boxes of records and in one instance, signing off on a sworn statemen
evan perez and sara murray have our reporting here. evan, first, what more can you tell us about the number of documents found and where? ana, we know according to the court filing, the fbi says they found more than 100 documents with classification markings in 13 boxes, some found in that storage room that had been the focus and the fbi as well as documents found in ma rar-a-lag. i ll read what the prosecutors said. they said the fbi in a matter of hours recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the quote unquote diligent search that the former president s counsel and a representatives had weeks to perform and calls into question the representations made in the june 3rd certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter. what they re referring to, ana, this meeting in june where the former president s legal team said that, you know, they gave them some classified documents and said there were no more documents to be found ther