forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the times, investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former president s estate. according to the times, the fbi declined to comment. president trump s spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. good morning to you both. ken, i ll start with you. nbc news is working to confirm all of this, a blockbuster story dropped last night by the new york times . the top line, the 300 documents. 300 of them taken by donald trump, according to the times reporting out of the justice department, is a pretty staggering number when you consider all the excuses donald trump has made. well, he just slipped some things into his briefcase, or they were planted by the f
involved in the death of rayshard brooks in atlanta in 2020. a live report coming up. we have a lot going on here this afternoon. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to start with our nbc news news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and former prosecutor and legal analyst tally winestein. the new letter that nbc news has gotten their hands on, the national archives had it, posted it, to mr. trump s attorneys where they found more than 100 documents marked as classified. talk about this letter and what changed between january when some of these docs were recovered to this summer and this past month? just how long the justice department has known that very sensitive, highly classified documents have been stored at mar-a-lago. this letter was written in may, is that the national archives found documents marked sensitive compartmented information and sap, special access programs, among the 15 boxes of documents that trump folks turned over in january whe
faces a critical decision on student loans. we know august 31st is a date that many people are waiting to hear something from. we ve been talking daily about this, and i can tell you that the american people will hear within the next week or so. but up first, a federal judge in plain english delivers a rebuke of donald trump and his legal defenders. the facts are reliable. those words came from judge bruce reinhart in a new court order this morning and it makes clear that the judge views that the affidavit that was used to justify the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago as iron clad. that order also coming as the justice department is now deciding what it wants to keep out of public view, including sensitive information about witnesses and steps into its investigation into former president trump. let s get straight to kat katelyn polantz for more. why did the judge decide to put out this new filing today and what is the significance coming ahead of this all-important deadl
they re willing to carry a protest sign for a day. with us now to talk about this, mark, senior national political reporter for nbc news digital. nbc news washington correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs who is a professor at the cardell school of law. we ll have more on the polling in a moment. mark, what else did the judge say in his order a short time ago? for me, what really stood out is this was mentioned in court on friday when i was there, but the judge specifically mentioned, i m going to try to read it from the ruling that he said given the public notoriety and controversy about the search, it s unlikely that witnesses who aren t expressly named in the affidavit would be quickly and identified broadly over social media and other communications channels and that could lead to them being harassed and intimidated. the judges are putting a fine point, clear exclamation point on an argument the governor raised which is look, people can really be harass
investigations into donald trump should continue. that does include a majority of independents, also even some republicans. but despite those numbers and all of those investigations, the big question this morning still isn t will trump run again, because it sure sounds like he s going to, but, rather, is he going to jump in before the midterms or after? we have new reporting on why some in his circle are telling him to wait. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, our senior national political reporter mark caputo, josh dossey, political reporter for the washington post, and lisa ruben, an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, i want to begin with you. this document posted by the judge this morning, walk us through the reasoning and what that means. yeah, he laid out a lot of what he said in court last week. i think one of the big things i really notice about it, which isn t surprising coming from a judge who signed the actual search warrant and said this is legit kn