the material was marked with the highest levels of classification that exists, material that is meant to be held only in secure government facilities not at a private club where basically anyone can pay for membership and wander around. arguably, the agent s most alarming finding that we were able to see in this redacted version was that the boxes contained classified information that came from human intelligence sources meaning if the documents were mishandled, leaked or transmitted they could compromise the identity of american intelligence assets and the affidavit also lays out why doj had good reason not to believe or trust trump and his lawyers knowing that back in february of this year, after the archives notified congress that there was classified material and what they got back from mar-a-lago, trump put out a statement that very fact. investigators write this, quote, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified national defense
trump s white house counsel pat cipollone and deputy patrick philbin were both interviewed by the fbi about sensitive documents stored at mar-a-lago. this as the fallout from the fbi s mar-a-lago search becomes a comes to a critical juncture tomorrow. a judge will hear arguments about whether to release the affidavit behind the search, something donald trump wants and the doj opposes. even now, as donald trump s legal troubles mount, his grip on the republican party is tightening. and he just purged one of his high-profile critics. republican liz cheney lost her primary race to a trump-backed opponent by a landslide. but while a cheney may be out of a seat, earlier on today, she made it clear she s not going anywhere and will keep up her fight against trump. there s no political office that s more important than the principles that we take an oath defend. and i believe that donald trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. and i think that def
today? well, hallie, if he has any sense and if he s learned anything from his own law experience in law enforcement and someone who has put countless witness into the grand jury himself he should only say one thing, after saying his name he should take the fifth in response to every single question. as you said, he has been notified that he is a target of this investigation, and statements that he makes can be used against him. we are looking i want people to see the left side of your screen, a live shot, what are those reporters and cameras doing right now, we re not 100% sure but this is the door rudy giuliani may be walking out. it looks like there s some activity there. we don t know, like, just to pull back the curtain a little bit of what it s like on the ground there, it s not always clear what entrances and exits people will use, if it s going to be above ground, et cetera. we ll keep an eye on this as we re having this conversation. i think blayne alexander
listening to taylor swift. it is called literacy lit rather c and. and if i took that class, i d be a better man. all right. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. so it turns out the national archives has been after donald trump to turn over documents since the waning days of his presidency. good morning, everyone. good morning, kaitlan collins. quite the greeting for everybody waking up. it s been going on a long time. enjoy your coffee. we do begin with new cnn reporting overnight. an email from the national archives reveals how long donald trump has been holding sensitive documents that he should not possession. the email indicates that records were not returned despite a determination by a top white house lawyer that they should be. a source says there were a dozen emails and calls over the course of 2021, 2021, this is last year, including a may 2021 email from the national archives to trump s lawyers that reads in part, quote, it is also our understandi
house have gotten ahead and put this offer on the table. i think that s something that the white house should continue to do, not just for paul and brittney, but for, you know, all americans who are wrongfully detained. so there is over 65 americans at least who are wrongfully detained, and i hope the administration continues to do that. in the case of your release, trevor, i mean, we didn t know that you were coming home until you were well out of russian air space. it went from you were detained and there were efforts to get you out, but all of a sudden it was happening. why do you think that this is being done differently? i think maybe that could signal a change in policy in the administration, maybe they re going to be, you know, more open to doing exchanges, it could be the fact that they re trying to show, you know, how important it is to this administration to get this done. it could be aye lot of things, m not an expert at that, but i think it is a good sign for