than 300 classified documents were found at mar-a-lago since trump left office, and not all of them in that unsecured storage room. the doj says three classified documents were found in trump s desk drawer. and as one former top fbi official put it, the new information obliterates claims that trump and his lawyers have been cooperating and negotiating in good faith to return the records. the doj response raises the stakes for the courtroom tomorrow. a judge holds a hearing on whether to appoint the special master, neutral third party to oversee the handling of the seized documents. the justice department opposes it and says a special master is unnecessary, and would significantly harm important governmental interesting, including national security interests. in the filing, the justice department also released this photo of some of the evidence found in the august search. you see the documents here to spread out on the floor by the fbi with some of the highest classifica
riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something he, quote poernly orchestrated and oversaw. committees demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications from over a dozen allies and associates. the response what it is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the house s subpoena. the washington post had new details what was in those intelligence documents seized by fbi agents at the former president s residence in mar-a-lago. the post reporting there were documents describing iran s miss
of trying to on jukt its mar-a-lago investigation. a key member of the january 6th committee weighs in. and we re also following the dire situation in jackson, mississippi, where 150,000 people are without a safe water supply for a third straight day. will an emergency pump finally bring them relief? and americans could be just days away from getting the first updated covid booster shots. the fda is green lighting tweaks to the vaccine so it can better target the omicron variant. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the legal drama in the mar-a-lago investigation. trump s attorneys now have until 8:00 p.m. eastern to respond to the justice department after prosecutors accused the trump team of hiding and removing government documents at his florida home. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. mr. president! reporter:
good evening. today the house select committee investigating the january 6th riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something th he, quote, personally orchestrated and oversaw. the committee is demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications with more than a dozen allies and associates. the response from the president s legal team today was only to call the subpoena, quote, an unprecedented action. unclear what their next step will be. what is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the hous
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news. an additional classified documents and other government records just found by president biden s lawyers. let s go to our chief white house correspondent phil mattingly with the latest on that. tell us what you re learning about this second batch of material that was discovered. reporter: wolf, the last two days we ve been talking about the occasion where a personal lawyer for president biden on november 2nd, while going through personal items of an office the president no longer uses discovered classified documents and it ended up being ten in total. that process has kicked off what has been a justice department review of those classified documents, but it also, behind the scenes, kicked off an effort by the president s legal team to search any other locations for classified documents during his time as vice president. w