donald trump s mar-a-lago home. in it, shocking new details. the fbi telling a judge that there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contained classified ndi or the presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises. the affidavit also revealing startling details about improperly handled documents that were marked with the highest levels of security clearance. as a former cia guy, it sends chills up and down my spine when i hear that there is hcs information in somebody s basement and not secured. it is really bad. hcs standing for human intelligence control system which is a classification designed to protect people working around the world for the u.s. government. in 14 of the 15 boxes retrieved in january by the national archives, 184 documents had unique classification markings. 67 marked add confidentia
judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump s florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at donald trump s florida home. the redacted affidavit gives us a window into what the fbi expected to find and found during their search of mar-a-lago. quote, the fbi s investigation has established that the documents bearing classification markings, which appear to contain national defence information were among the materials contained in the 15 boxes and were stored at the premises in an authorized location. further, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contained classified ndi, or that are presidential records subject to retention requirements currently remain at the premises, and quote. now, the affidavit describe
just a week ago. today, the u.s. magistrate judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump s florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at donald trump s florida home. the redacted affidavit gives us a window into what the fbi expected to find and found during their search of mar-a-lago. quote, the fbi s investigation has established that the documents bearing classification markings, which appear to contain national defence information were among the materials contained in the 15 boxes and were stored at the premises in an authorized location. further, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contained classified ndi, or that are presidential records subject to retention requirements currently remain at the prem
this is so unprecedented. so unusual. why did the fbi need to go and get boxes and this affidavit does lay that out exactly. jesse: i m not sure what affidavit she was looking at because this affidavit doesn t lay out anything. half of it is blacked out. here is what the affidavit doesn t say. we re pretty sure trump has the nuclear football in melania s shoe closet. but here is what it does say. we are likely to find evidence of obstruction. what does that mean? the last time you were there, trump let you in. you had lunch by the pool, and he threw a lock on the storage closet because you told him to. now you are going to go back in because you are like live to find evidence of obstruction? again, what does that even mean? that you will likely find the lock you told him to put on the storage closet? and, by the way, the fbi agent, this guy name bratt. obama donor. got a warrant from a judge who also donated to obama. but the biden guys had to go in there, why? because some
more inside as to what led to the approval for that search warrant and the what the underlying basis for this criminal investigation is. abby, we ve just hit noon. we re expecting more activity on the court s docket very shortly. we ll keep checking it and get back to you as soon as something is filed. jessica, stand by. we ll get back with you as soon as you have that document. joining me around the table is elliott williams and cnn legal and national security analyst carrie cordero. while everybody is hitting refresh right now, we have a moment where the judge in this case has said, government, i agree with your decision to redact certain elements of it, but yet he still sees fit to release this document. elliot, what sddoes that tell y? it s important to take a step back and what the law governing all of this is. in criminal proceedings, documents are presumed proceedings are presumed to be open, right? that s put in the constitution. things should be open. we have a