and inside, the federal government s response to monkeypox. are they doing enough to stop the spread. let s get started. tonight, we begin with the details about what led the fbi to execute a search at donald trump s home this week, according to the newly unsealed search warrant, officials believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. authorities and that removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damages testament of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were
believe trump was in violation of three federal statutes regarding the removal or destruction of records, obstruction of justice and the espionage act. 30s ended up removing 11 sets of classified documents, including some that were labeled secret and top secret. they were also papers described as sci or sensitive compartmented information, that s one of the highest levels of government classification. and just hours ago, the heads of the house oversight and house intelligence committees sent a letter to the director of national intelligence, requesting a national security damage assessment of the classified documents taken from trump s home. according to new reporting from the washington post, documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in the search. now they are still a lot we don t know. sources speaking to the post declined to give detail about what types of information the agents were seeking. including whether it involved weapons belongin
Be bringing this case, and it looks like it s imminent, unless he had it nailed down solid with evidence. the charges will not be light or fringe-like, and the evidence will be overwhelming, because that s what we see generally speaking in all federal cases. the federal government would rather ditch a case than lose a case. so this is the strength of what we re about to see happen. also, you led with this issue of the likely spring board that happened from the january 6th work, excellent, the committee, to lead to where jack smith is today. i m both disturbed by that and encouraged by it, disturbed because i took way too long for the fbi and the doj and we learn more about this delay every day for them to get their act together, and that s bad. but the congress, this
And independent republicans in the suburbs, they have a fatigue of trump. and i think it hurts their view of him. and what i notice and wrote about and i have heard this from former trump administration officials, is that donald trump s actions, after he lost the election in november 2020, by millions of votes, do increasingly reckless and unhinged. and this search at mar-a-lago is the latest example that the january 6th committee has done a amazing job of catalog his behavior, after the election, and how outrageous it was. and former aides told me that he would sort of listen to his lawyers. he wouldn t cross legal red lines, again, before he loses the election. and so all of that, the january 6th work the search of mar-a-lago, shows how reckless and heedlessly has become. and how he has just, i think, a danger. and i hope that voters will see that. paul, it s great that
January 6th committee has done an amazing job of cataloging his behavior, after the election, and how outrageous it was. and former aides told me that he would sort of listen to his lawyers. he wouldn t cross legal red lines, again, before he loses the election. and so all of this, the january 6th work the search of mar-a-lago, shows how reckless and he d-less he has become. and how he has just, i think, a danger. and i hope that voters will see that. paul, it s great that authorities now have possession of all these documents, right? hands down, period. but trump had them for a year and a half. how are we sure that the document, the physical document, is the only manifestation of the document are we sure that they didn t take photographs of it? how are we sure they didn t copy it? how are we sure that they didn t distributed? well, we are not sure at all.