classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 12th, i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump s home, people familiar with the investigation tell the washington post that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here s reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago during the search. is it your understanding that there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s right. i don t believe they were. and if they thought do you know for a fact? do you know for a fact they were, have you spoken to the president about it? i have not speci
what a week. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson with us. and columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, will join us in a moment. joe, just a reminder of why the justice department might be a little concerned about nuclear secrets knocking around mar-a-lago. there was the time that trump spilled highly classified information to russia s foreign minister. or when he tweeted a highly classified satellite photo of an iranian space facility. or when he sided with the kremlin over america s own intelligence agencies. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it s russia. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. yeah. so with that in mind, we begin with new information on the fbi s search of donald trump s home in florida. people familiar with the investigation te
word hoax and refuting reports there s a nuclear component to this. those details coming from the washington post. people familiar with the investigation tell the post classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for. associates did not disclose any more details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. as the former president s allies slam the fbi and doj attorney general garland is pushing back. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. you ll remember we shared a warning from the fbi director denouncing a rise in violent rhetoric towards law enforcement wednesday. now the director says he is focusing on the safety and security of fbi employees in the wake of an
lone at large congressional seat. congresswoman liz cheney, vice chair of the january 6th committee was, well, and isolated, as we expected. she lost by a resounding 37 points, 28.9%, to 68.3, wyoming voters overwhelmingly rebuked cheney, who stood up to donald trump after his insurrection, voting to impeach him and then helping to lead the committee investigating his actions. now liz cheney has earned a lot of praise, especially liberal circles, for taking a stand against trump and his attempt to end america s constitutional republic. fellow january 6th committee member, congressman jamie raskin, has spoken incredibly fondly about her, recently telling the new republic that she has acted with great honesty confront the lies of the trump machinery. raskin also said about his unlikely friend, quote, juul funneled donald trump to the gates of hell, if she needs to make sure that justice is done and the truth is known. and there is no doubt liz cheney has made genuine career pol
would impact their willingness to cooperate with the investigation. that means that someone or more than one person is cooperating with the doj. and number three, disclosure of the government affidavit would chill future cooperation in other high-profile investigations. what are those other investigations? the doj also adds, quote, the government does not object to unsealing other materials filed in connection with the search warrant whose unsealing would not jeopardize the integrity of this national security investigation. mark warner and marco rubio sent a private letter yesterday to the director of national intelligence and attorney general merrick garland to request more information on the records seized. and the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, mike mccall, made this argument on cnn earlier. the affidavit of probable cause in support of the warrant, we need to see that in congress on the intelligence committee. if it s such a national security thr