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what did they have to reveal to the judge in order to justify the search in august? well, of course, you can t just go. you have to prove a certain legal threshold here which is the probable cause threshold. and they made the case. that there was probable cause that there were classified materials at mar-a-lago, presidential records at mar-a-lago, and evidence of obstruction of the investigation also at mar-a-lago. so, they were telling the judge that there were classified materials still there and there even been proof of further crimes obstructing the effort to get those classified materials at mar-a-lago. the affidavit was highly redacted in those portions about obstruction. i wish we could have shared that with you. i wish that we could have seen that. we ll have probably wait for another day. but on the classified parts, it really shed some new light, and fred, as you know, after they did that search, they found more classified information so their ....
Codington, the man who was executed on thursday. his lawyers say he had a drug addiction and that led him to his violent crime of killing his friend by usings a hammer to steal money to pay for his drug habit. but now his lawyers say that he is remorseful. as he was remorseful and that he should not have been executed. they asked for clemency. and the state board granted that clemency. approved it on a 3-2 vote. but as you just heard fred say, the governor denied clemency and so he was the first execution out of about 25 that will happen over the next two years. the lawyers also say that when you look at his particular case, he had a very difficult childhood and he was just set on this terrible path from the beginning. that both of his parents had long criminal histories, that his father was an alcoholic and would rather by drinks than clothes and food for he and hi siblings and hi other brothers were incarcerated. so it brings all of the question ....
The correspondence with kim jong-un. there was not a real system in place. and again, this goes to a larger picture here of what they discovered. the sheer volume of the documents. but this is one part of that that his former staffers that his former aides were not surprised to see. kristen holmes, thank you so much for that. i want to bring in now former federal prosecutor and host of on the topic podcast, ronald omary otty. so we just heard that, that trump and many of his alleys were saying that it was politically motivated. given the affidavit and the judge signing off it. it sounds pretty legitimate, doesn t it? yeah. i have to say, fred, that it is a very bizarre charge in a case like this because i think everybody watching at home knows if they have top secret documents in their basement or in their guard, that the fbi would pay them a visit and take those documents back. it is pretty straightforward. not rocket science. ....
Scenes negotiation and back and forth between the government and trump s team and in the affidavit it said there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at mar-a-lago. based on that alone, they make that claim or make that statement without already knowing what they might be able to garner. well not only that, well agree with that, fred, but also they would make that statement without having presented evidence to the judge to support that statement. in other words, that is not something, that is not boilerplate that you would put in. that is something that you put into an affidavit if there is evidence of potential obstruction in the large portions of the affidavit that are blacked out. as you point out, most of this is blacked out. but it is apparent from looking at this, there is a lot there. there is a lot printers use a lot of toner when you print that. that is a lot in there all right. so help people understand what this special master me ....
And frankly, i will say just from looking at this, really, the case looks very airtight to me. it looks very strong. and really, to me, it is almost like when people i ve seen some comments, well it is all about the documents. it is like, saying in the drug case or a narcotics case, this is all about heroin. yeah, it is a straightforward case, and you re not supposed to keep top secret classified documents when which you re nonot entitled to have them. it is heavily redacted but why is it so compelling to you. because more than 180 documents classified were obtained or is there something else about what you did glean from that affidavit that heightens your your awareness or your concerns about this case? sure. a few things, fred. one thing is just from what we can see is that it looks like the justice department bent over backward to treat the former ....