them, that is a warning to every law enforcement agent, every national security official, who has any contact with that record, this has to be in a locked safe right away. that is the picture. and one wonders, not only why he had those documents down there, but who else saw them. i mean, these are documents that we know, from reporting, were stashed in closets, in the desk. we know other lawyers relating to other investigations were looking for material in and around mar-a-lago. lowhat was so interesting was that in the fbi s filing, they said that the people tasked with reviewing these documents, some of them were not even cleared to look at this level of security document. that is how tight the secrets were kept. that s such an important point. you know, these particular programs forgive me, documents had cover sheets that had a coding, in addition to top secret, in addition to secure compartmented information. the holiest of holy of national
worried. but if i see an orange cover on any of these documents, which is top secret security compartmented information if any of those have orange on them, that is a warning to every law enforcement agent, every national security official, who has any contact with that record, this has to be in a locked safe right away. that is the picture. and one wonders, not only why he had those documents down there, but who else saw them. i mean, these are documents that we know, from reporting, were stashed in closets, in the desk. we know other lawyers relating to other investigations were looking for material in and around mar-a-lago. what was so interesting was that in the fbi s filing, they said that the people tasked with reviewing these documents, some of them were not even cleared to look at this level of security document. that is how tight the secrets were kept. that s such an important point. you know, these particular programs forgive me, documents had cover sheets that had
and interestingly enough, trump s lawyer, yes, the former cross-fit attorney and one america news anchor, she did attend, but she just watched. christina bob did not argue on behalf ofon her client, the forr president. this was a hearing about something he is apparently incensed about and yet donald trump did not want an argument to be made on his behalf, which is interesting. . here s nbc s report from inside the courtroom, quote, a top counter-intelligence and national security official argued the detailed and reasonably lengthy document needed to be kept completely under wraps because it contains substantial grand jury information in a unique case with national security overtones. hene also said the government i very concerned about the safety of the witnesses and their identities could become the affidavit sun sealed. the government lawyer went into amateur sleuths on the internet who could maybe find personal
peace and security to talk up those issues of potential conflict. i want to get your outsider s perspective on things going on in the united states, especially the congress january 6th investigation. i want you to take a listen to what one of the witnesses in the most recent hearing, a former trump national security official, said about the impact of the insurrection on january 6th on america s standing in the world. january 6th helped feed a perception that, i think, emboldens our adversaries. i heard from a lot of friends in europe, asia, allies, close friends and supporters of the united states that they were concerned about the health of our democracy. are you concerned about the health of our democracy here in the united states? democracy in the united states remains strong. the united states remains a beacon for the world in terms of
and they should. they ought to go to jail. but both things can and should happen. i worked in both congress and the justice department for a long time, 15 years total across both of them, so i kind of see it from both angles. and you have to have that criminal accountability, but also, fix the agency if there s a systemic problem. national security official who worked in the trump white house, testified with his identity concealed, because we was concerned about being concerned for his safety. testified that the white house knew there was weapons in the crowd the morning of january 6th. as a former homeland security official, this is for you juliet, wouldn t you make of that moment. i thought it was powerful in the sense of the vulnerabilities that were existing across the board, i think, on that day. this goes back to the fear factor. i think we have so focused on the loss side of the political side of january 6th, that were sort of forgetting, this was