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
they had to go through this whole exercise where they said, no, president biden has the privilege. you don t. we re giving this to the fbi. so that caused an incredible. you have a copy saying there s no privilege here. that s right. and that letter explained that they found tssci and special access documents, which as you know are the most classified documents in the government. and to me, those documents you have to go into a secure location. you have to be in the situation room. when cabinet members at the very highest levels are appointed, they build those rooms in their homes and when presidents travel, they create them at embassies. they create them on the road. even people with the highest clearances have to be read into these programs. sometimes they have to be polygraphed because these kinds of things if disclosed could get people killed. so do we know anything more
about what the trump people in these legal requests are making to the federal judge? the legal experts have said this was the judge s way of instructing the trump people that their lawsuit isn t well founded. first of all, she s asking why aren t you going to the magistrate who is dealing with this case. and have you even served the justice department, physically served them lawsuits. there s questions about whether this is going to succeed. she s giving them until friday to file more documents. that was one of my questions. why didn t they go back to the original judge. ken dilanian, you have all the answers. thank you. good to be with you. behind lines, we hear from soldiers once held prisoner by russia and from families still awaiting word about their loved ones. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. s andremia tl reports on msnbc. subway series menu. twelve irresistible new subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created.
box, democrats are happy to have that argument. thank you so much. the book is electable . and ignored opportunities, a new timeline detailing the many chances donald trump had to hand over all top secret documents he took home to marla dpo. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. po this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.
all the time for the government trying to get these documents back that belong to the government, whether or not they were classified, but they were urgently needed to get them in a safe place. and all the ways that this was delayed to answer those who say, well, he was cooperating, so why did they have to go in and search the place? the more we learn about the timeline here, the more we learn that, a, donald trump was not cooperating. there were talks going as far back as 2021 they were demanding some of these documents that they knew were missing. and then, two, that the government really bent over backwards and gave trump what my sources are saying what more than what wuf been afforded to get these things back. we re learning even after in january, the justice department learned there were highly classified documents in the first batch that the archives turned over. there was a four-month delay between when they got access to the documents because trump was claiming executive priv