document detailing how trump handed over 15 boxes have documents in january. by may, investigators have gone through those boxes. and in them they found 184 classified documents. 67 of those marked confidential. in a marked as secret. 25, top secret. the affidavit goes on to explain volunteers were worried that more classified documents were still at mar-a-lago, and they weren t being properly secured. from the bombshell affidavit released hours ago. reporter: now public, a heavily redacted version of the affidavit that led to the fbi seven at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. in it, shocking new details. the fbi telling a judge that there was probable cause to believe additional documents that contained classified ndi, or that a presidential record subject to retention
actually not going to charge a crime in this case. bret: well, we are trying to determine from this affidavit that is heavily redacted what is coming next. what we do know from the inside is that number of documents classification markings, 67 confidential, 92 secret, 25 top secret, there is probable cause on page 2 to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. this is mar-a-lago. there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises mar-a-lago. this is making the case before the magistrate to get that search warrant. so let s bring in our panel. juan williams is a fox news analyst. kimberley strassel a member of the editorial board at the wall street journal and byron york washington examiner. kimberly your thoughts about what qui learned today and what we didn t. okay. so here is what we did learn.
there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified national defense information or that a presidential record subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. there s also probable cause that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises. the release of the affidavit that underpin that search warrant used in the search of donald trump s private residence is where we start the hour. jackie alemany, investigative reporter and msnbc contributor. andrew weissmann is back and member of the robert mueller s special counsel investigation and frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant for counterintelligence and an msnbc national security analyst and miles is here from the department of homeland security co-founder of a new national political group that recently launched called forward. i want to start with you, jackie alemany.
methods that the justice department would be concerned about. reporter: but left unredacted is an email trump attorney evan corcoran sent to the national archives in may claiming trump had the authority to keep the papers at his florida home after he left office, saying trump has absolute authority to declassify documents and presidential actions involving classified documents are not subject to criminal sanction. but doj investigators weren t deterred saying there was probable cause to believe additional documents that contained classified ndi, or national defense information, or subject to record retention requirements, currently remain at mar-a-lago and there is probable cause to believe evidence of obstruction will be found. what is a good explanation for why really anybody, certainly, former president included in that group, would want this stuff or have this stuff stored in the basement? reporter: of course, a significant portion of the search warrant affidavit remains reda
0 from the company that powers more businesses than anyone else. call and start saving today. comcast business. powering possibilities. and good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the affidavit the justice department used to win approval for the fbi s search of mar-a-lago is being released at any moment by order of the justice department approving it by the federal judge magistrate on the case. much of it is likely to be redacted to conceal critical information about sources and methods the government used to persuade the judge there was probable cause for him to of potential crimes to justify the search of the former president s home. the judge ordered the unusual release of the affidavit in part to de bunk the explosion of conspiracy theories about the search. the escalating threats against the fbi and other law enforcement officials. all of this sharpening the country s political divide as president biden escalates his attacks on what he is now criticizing as, q