espionage act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records. no one has been charged with a crime that we know of as of now. this just in, the democratic chairs of the intelligence committee and the oversight committee and the house have written a letter to the director of national intelligence saying they want a damage assessment, and briefing regarding these documents recovered from mar-a-lago, and of course trump and his allies are of course spending and peddling wild conspiracy theories about the fbi search at mar-a-lago. the theories range from ridiculous and laughable to down right dangerous. cnn s daniel dale joins me now to talk about this. trump is saying all the fbi and the department of justice has to do is ask for these documents back, and there would have been no problem at all. all they had to do was ask, and that post on his truth site. does that align with what we know? it does not at all align with what we know, jim. we know there was
of course, that spasm of violence on that day, which obviously is the subject of the january 6th investigation. and all of that is sort of not really on the front page right now because we re focusing so much on what occurred at mar-a-lago a few days ago. let s clear something up, if it were any other person not named trump who had eleven sets of classified documents at their home, including items marked top secret sci, how would you be treated by fbi? i mean, it s almost because trump goes after people, he engages in character assassination. he s gone after you, for example, and so on, that the justice department and the fbi, correct me if i m wrong here, they do, i guess, treat the former president somewhat carefully because of what he can unleash. right, and i think trump has a history of playing in the margins of legality. he minds where that line is, he goes right up to it, and he pushes it to see whether or not
stab wounds to the neck, four to his stomach, a puncture wound to his right eye, which the district attorney says he may lose pabecause of the extent of the injuries and the damages there, and a laceration to his side as well. so again, this really paints an even clearer picture of just the extent of the injuries and the extent of the violence we saw play out yesterday. as for the suspect, hadi matar, he has been identified by new york state police as a 24-year-old new jersey man. he was immediately apprehended by authorities that were on the scene. he did enter a not guilty plea when it comes to those two charges that were filed against him by prosecutors of second-degree attempted murder as well as assault. now the big question that remains, not just where the attack happened which is about 40 miles east of where we are, but also here in erie, pennsylvania, which is the medical facility here that authorities have identified as the location where the 75-year-old celebrated author is