failed the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and we re learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant unsealed friday, agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to the gathering, loss or destruction of u.s. defense information. property receipts also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. they also seized several photo binders, information about the president of france and a document about pardoning roger stone, a staunch trump ally convicted of lying to congress. we explain what the unsealed
andy mccarthy, former u.s. assistant attorney and fox news contributor. fbi search at mar-a-lago removed 11 sets of classified information, photo binders, handwritten notes, according to a copy of the inventory reviewed by the wall street journal, your reaction to that. i would be interested to know how they will prove it s classified. i m sure it was classified at one point but we have never litigated this before, mike, at least not that i know of. a real question of fact here about whether president trump declassified it or not when he still had the power to do that. you know, there s a difference between i m sure it would be embarrassing for the president if he had stuff that was clearly national security stuff that could imperil the country in the wrong place and declassified it
cbs news and unsealed today showed the f.b.i. seized more than 20 boxes, some containing classified documents marked top secret and above, and, according to sources, the material likely includes highly sensitive communication intercepts. the f.b.i. also took handwritten notes, two photo binders, information about the president of france, and a document about the pardoning of trump ally roger stone. the list of seized materials runs three pages. a federal magistrate approved a warrant to search the former president s home one week ago friday, and on monday morning the f.b.i. executed the search. the warrant seeks documents related to the national defense, a possible violation of the espionage act, mishandling classified information, and also cites possible destruction of government property. how did truadle classified documents? reporter: john bolton, a