and inside, the federal government s response to monkeypox. are they doing enough to stop the spread. let s get started. tonight, we begin with the details about what led the fbi to execute a search at donald trump s home this week, according to the newly unsealed search warrant, officials believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. authorities and that removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damages testament of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were
believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. 30s ended up removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. and just hours ago, the heads of the house oversight and house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damage assessment of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in the search. now they are still a lot we don t know. sources speaking to the post declined to give detail about what types of information the agents were seeking. including whether it involved weapons belongin
with how to bring trump to justice, for his worst offenses. ryan, you told axios in a piece out, just this morning, that you believe trump is in, quote, very serious trouble, and that if the justice department wanted to pursue a criminal case, based on the available information known to the public today, they appear to have a very strong case. do you disagree with paul? so, i don t disagree with paul in the sense that i do you think that the more grave offense is the attempt by trump to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. i mean, when a complete threat to our democracy. but i do think, if you are looking for second order criminal offense, espionage, under the espionage act, i think, would be fitting. that if you are going to prosecute a former president, then the espionage act will be something of such a serious and grave matter then it would be befitting, for the justice department to move forward.
paul in the sense that i do you think that the more grave offense is the attempt by trump to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. i mean, what a complete threat to our democracy. but i do think, if you are looking for second order criminal offense, espionage, under the espionage act, i think, would be fitting. that if you are going to prosecute a former president, and the espionage act would be something of such a serious and grave matter then it would be befitting, for the justice department to move forward. and the wording of the espionage act fits the known facts, like a hand in glove. it is really remarkable. because the espionage act includes when a person retains this kind of high-level secretive information, even when they are given a demand to return it by the government, and they still hold on to it. that is what the espionage says. so, that s why i think it s actually a very strong case, if the justice department wants to move forward, based on the publicly known fa