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million dollars a day for at least two days following the fbi search. and he s continue to send out dozens of emails and text to supporters. and then there s our cnn exclusive tonight. 18 top trump administration officials saying, the claim from the former president and his allies that he had a so-called standing order to declassify any order he took from the oval office. they say, this is nonsense. he had a standing order, there s the would ve been looking for. that the documents removed from the oval office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them. donald trump issued sweeping declassification orders on multiple occasions. 18 former top trump officials several one senior official calls it, and i am quoting here, bs. that is not my word. another senior official called it total nonsense. former chief of staff john kelly said, another quote, nothing approaching in order that foolish was ever given. look, you cannot just ....
What this tells us is that it sharpens to focus on the former president himself and the possibility that he is the person that they re looking for and at. it really does sharpen the focus on him and his role in all this because obviously at one point he had the authority to have these documents, but once he left office, he no longer had that authority. it looks like prosecutors are saying willfully retain them in violation of this law. legally, let s talk about this, elie, as our legal expert. the national defense information, what could that mean? put it in context with the former presidents actions when it comes to these classified documents. is that significant, willful retention of national information? it is significant new information. we already knew this number from last week that the dj was looking at. we have this number 20 701. there are 6 or 7 supports. ....