subpoena and finally a search, investigators have retrieved 48 boxes including at least 320 classified documents, including 72 marked confidential, 108 secret, and 42 top secret. now, the filing as one former top fbi official puts it obliterates claims that the fo former president and his lawyers had been cooperating and negotiating in good faith to return the records. okay. so let s lay out the time line for you. the national archives had been working for months to get all of these missing records from trump even while he was in office. in january of this year, they finally got 15 boxes of records that trump had taken with him to mar-a-lago, though they did not belong to him. once the national archives saw the reckless way trump had handled so much sensitive information, they contacted the doj for help getting other classified documents back that were still missing. according to this filing, one of the most significant concerns was that highly classified records were unfol
speaking last night to former republican congressman trey gowdy. all say this, if there is a prosecution of donald trump from his handling classified information. after the clinton debacle what you presided over, did a of a good job, they ll be riots in the street. now the former judiciary committee follow that remark by saying that of course, such violence would be wrong. he instead repeated and amplified what he said. on his social media network, the former president re-posted several attacks on the fbi and a post of his own in which she appeared to be calling for an uprising within the bureau. quoting now, one of the great agents and others of the fbi going to say we aren t gonna take it anymore. he also demanded to be declare quote, the rightful winner unquote of the 2020 election. and like senator graham, he was 2016 decision not to charge hillary canton as a reference play. other republicans had different criticisms. well, my bet is criticism and i think the conce
and he s asking why republicans won t ban assault weapons. and another justice department deadline, the government s response to a federal judge is due today. prosecutors hope to make the case that they were careful and that there s no need for a special process now to sort through the documents seized from donald trump s home. and a noteworthy maga makeover. house a denier scrubbed his website that a the 2020 election was stolen. the president of the united states enters the campaign fray in a few moments. he will leave for pennsylvania for a planned speech on gun violence. the president will suggest republicans have little standing to talk tough on crime if they keep bowing to the gun lobby ant your votes. and the president is in one of those places that will tell us a ton come election night. in pennsylvania s eighth congressional district. you see the red from 2020. donald trump carried the county. this congressional district, if you look in here, the eighth congression
6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, i m p pamela brown and you re in the situation room. and let s begin our coverage this hour with tonight s top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trump s request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnn s sara murray has this report. reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trump s push for an independent special master to review the documents seized from mar-a-lago. there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this, checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was not only essentially morally wrong, but legally wrong. doj asking to file a brief in response to trump s request. the fbi has begun digging through documents and a filler team uncovered some material that may include attorney client privileged i
we re already looking at this material, and we have got a process in place to protect it. reporter: in a new court filing, doj says it has identified a limit set of materials that could contain attorney/client privilege information. the progress report coming after former president donald trump s team asked a judge for a special master, to oversee the evidence uncovered in the search. we have a lot of problems accepting everything in face value that s coming out of doj these days. it s a very politicized place, i m sad to say, and there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this. reporter: this as the fallout continues over how trump handled classified documents after leaving documents. this guy we now know 184 classified documents, 25 of them top secret. and by the way, countries that want to do us harm want to see these documents. reporter: avril haines tell congress officials are conducting a damage assessment, including an assessment of t