the promises to be searched his further described as a resort club and the residents. it is described as a mansion with approximately 58 bedrooms, 38 on the 17 acre estate. the locations to be searched include the 45 office all storage rooms and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by the former president of the united states and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored and quote. it just kind of seems like anywhere. that is of course the federal authorities describing former president donald trump s mar-a-lago estate in the search warrant of the property that they executed on monday. today a federal judge in florida unsealed the document after the former president and the doj decided against disputing its publication. i want to pause for a second here. you have heard this many times over the past few years. we are truly living in historic and unprecedented time here in u.s. history. but think about where we are right no
matter of the search of the premises located at 1100 south ocean boulevard palm beach, florida as further the described in attachment a okay, here is attachment a quote, property to be searched. the premises to be searched is further described as a resort club and the residence. it is described as a mansion with approximately 58 bedrooms, 38 bathrooms on a 17 acre estate. the locations to be searched include the 45 office all storage rooms and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by the former president of the united states and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored and quote. it just kind of seems like anywhere. that is of course the federal authorities describing former president donald trump s mar-a-lago estate in the search warrant of the property that they executed on monday. today a federal judge in florida unsealed the document after the former president and the doj decided against disputing its publication. i
there can be some confusion about it in limited cases in a briefing, when someone is having a conversation between an intelligence officer and a policy maker and not emphasizing but parts are classified and with folks aren t. that is not what we are talking about here. we are talking about material, presumably most of them documents. documents that are classified, have classification markings, that s the confidential secret or topsecret depending on the level of damage to u.s. national security, if they were compromised and then often they also have controls or limits even within that classification range. that is something like the as cia that use all references today that talks about sensitive compartmented information. not everyone has a topsecret clearance can see every bit of information that s in the compartment. those markings are on the documents. even the president s daily brief itself which is a stylist production he often in the fancy leather notebook still
information. not everyone has a topsecret clearance can see every bit of information that s in the compartment. those markings are on the documents. even the president s daily brief itself which is a stylist production he often in the fancy leather notebook still has topsecret stamped on it just to make sure that you know it s classified. there is no area for confusion here. who controls the controls on the limits on the various types of documents? i m asking you this obviously in the context that there are some people arguing, who made the case, that the president declassified the information. he s also made references to that. what is the process somewhat would ve had to have happen? is it just something that he could just? the president cannot retroactively declassify something let s take that off the table. if the argument is, he declassified these while i was president and i don t tell anyone, that does not hold up.
material is against the law. which leads me to the other piece of explosive reporting in the post tonight. that the national archives is now asked the justice department to look into the matter. to see if anyone should be potentially prosecuted for stowing top secret documents at the former presidents beach resort. i am now officially out of my depth. so joining me is dan goldman he s the former assistant to the attorney of the southern district of new york. he served as the house majority counsel during donald trump s first impeachment trial. daniel, i m okay with a plunge on the toilet side of this equation. i don t understand the rest of it. i don t understand the removal of documents, i don t understand what governs the removal or control of top secret documents and what this is all about. so please help us out here. certainly, ali. from my experience on the house intelligence committee where everyone needed to have topsecret clearance, there are very, very carefully