mar-a-lago, florida home. and what potential crimes are being investigated. agents say they recovered 11 sets of classified documents, at least one was marked as top secret/sci which is one of the highest levels of classification. the warrant also reveals some of the potential crimes officials are looking at including violations of the espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records. at this point, no charges have been filed. cnn s evan perez is live for us with details on this. evan, what more are you learning about what was seized by the fbi? reporter: good morning, fredericka. you re highlighting the most important part of this and what the fbi found when they went into mar-a-lago to retrieve these 20 boxes. the top item, obviously, are these documents that were labeled as ts/sci. this is among the most tightly guarded secrets of the u.s. government. these are things that in order to view them you have to go to special rooms that are des
a.m. hello, again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. and we re getting a clearer picture, court documents are giving new details about what dodge removed from mar-a-lago and what potential crimes they re investigating. agents say they recovered 11 sets of classified documents. at least one was marked as top secret, sci, which is one of the highest levels of classification. so far the dodge has not filed any charges. and new today, the department of homeland security and the fbi say their investigating violent threats made against federal law enforcement, courts, government personnel and facilities in the wake of the fbi search warrant. the fbi said that the number of threats against the bureau are unprecedented. cnn s kaitlan pollance is here with details on all of this. what more are you learning about exactly what the fbi may have seized? well, fred, when we were going into this week, as we learned about the search and seizure at mar-a-lago, t
good evening, after days of increasingly violent rhetoric against the fbi, right wing social media and elsewhere, in the wake of the api search of the former presidents mention and attempts to discredit the bureau by republican lawmakers from several cable channels, we have seen the first deadly consequences. and armed men killed in a shootout after trying to beach the fbi cincinnati office, somebody whose name is on the social media account spelling out in vivid detail the war he apparently was launching. cnn s brynn gingras is reporting on the deeply troubling story with the latest. brynn, what happened and what are you learning about the suspect? anderson, we learned from multiple sources that the suspect is ricky shiffer, 42 years old. investigators are trying to figure out what connection he had with right extremist groups. what happened earlier today is that the cincinnati field office of the fbi, ricky shiffer walked in there, armed with an ar-15 style rifle and a na
urgency of the unprecedented search of a former president s home. this also raises the stakes of his standoff with attorney general merrick garland, who revealed that he personally signed off on the search warrant. former president trump says he too wants the searched documents to be made public but we ll see if his lawyers contest it in court. kaitlan collins joins us. the wall street journal a couple of minutes ago, what are they reporting? alex leery at the wall street journal claims to have seen a good amount of the documents here that would be within this search warrant case. the search warrants itself as well as the receipt handed to donald trump and his attorneys when the fbi left, seizing items. specifically, the journal is reporting that it is 11 sets of classified documents that were removed from mar-a-lago on monday. if we break it down, if you look in the story, it says one set of documents marked as various classified tssci documents, that s sensitive com
the house has just sealed a critical win for the democrats. giving final congressional approval to a landmark climate, health care and tax bill and sending it to president biden to sign into law. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following major breaking news. a federal judge unsealing the mar-a-lago search warrant a little while ago at the request of the u.s. justice department. there s a lot to unpack this hour. let s go to katelyn polance. what does the fbi say they found in the search? i m looking at the itemized list handed to former donald trump s lawyers whenever the fbi left and it is 33 items ultimately that were seized from mar-a-lago as possible evidence of crime. among that list there are 11 sets of documents that appear to be classified or confidential at some level in the u.s. government. in one there s a box of documents noted that has various classified documents inc