details the potential offenses being investigated. you can see there, it says willful retention of national defense information, also concealment or removal of government records. also obstruction of a federal investigation. that willful retention that you see there, anderson, it s key because legal experts are telling our evan perez and caitlin polantz that it s that language that points directly to the former president as a possible subject of the criminal probe. something else that was released was the motion to seal, and it has federal prosecutors expressing their concern that, as you can see there, evidence might be destroyed. and, you know anderson, that could explain why fbi agents were really compelled to move in and spent hours taking, you know, 11 steps of classified documents in the end. could you just explain what the doj s main argument against releasing the affidavit is? yeah, they ve been arguing this in their papers, they also argued it forcefully in court
do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? i m john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documents and he knew what they were. so this is all part of the argument over whether to release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago, prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence might be destroyed, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit and that process will kick into gear as soon as next week. and ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words and phrases coming from some former trump senior officials who are scoffing
white house scrambling to slow down the monkeypox outbreak. we are going to speak to one of the top officials working on a new strategy. plus, outrage, an nfl star accused of assault receiving a punishment that critics are calling a slap on the wrist. that s what we re watching for at this hour. thank you for being he, we start this morning with a federal judge ordering that prosecutors propose redactions to the affidavit that was used to justify last week s search of former president trump s florida home. the judge is giving prosecutors a week to do it, but he s already signaling that he s inclined to unseal parts of the highly sensitive document. plus this, cnn is hearing exclusively from 18 former top trump officials who tell us that the former president s claim that he had a standing order to declassify documents is nonsense. let s begin our coverage with cnn s katelyn polantz, she s live for us here in washington. katelyn, walk us through how much detail we could
18 former trump administration officials spoke exclusively with cnn to refute trump s attempted defense for stashing top secret papers at mar-a-lago. and the long-time chief financial officer for the trump organization pleads guilty for his role in a tax fraud scheme. allen weisselberg agreeing to testify against the former president s company but not against trump or his family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new moves by a federal judge to give the public more information about the historic fbi search of former president trump s florida home. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider reports on today s important hearing in florida. tonight, a federal judge in florida says he wants at least some portions of the affidavit justifying the mar-a-lago search made public, saying i m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed. before deciding, magistrate
Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2009: Soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment set off from Combat Outpost Tangi en route to the site of a discovered roadside bomb.