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post that the nuclear weapons is a hoax. this comes as we wait for a federal judge in florida to decide whether to unseal the warrant and property receipt from monday s search after trump overnight supported a move by the attorney general for the documents to be made public. in a rare public statement, attorney general merrick garland said more about what led to the search. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. the department does not take such a decision lightly. where possible it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, quote, someone familiar with paper stored at mar-a-lago told investigators there may have been more classified documents, even though the national archives said earlier this year it had retrieved 15 boxes of documents. sources tell nbc news a subpoena was deliv ....
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 investigat ....
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 ....
fbi felt the search was necessary. one clue may come from a stunning new report in the washington post. fbi agents were looking for classified documents related to america s nuclear program. that s according to people familiar with the investigation. nbc news has not confirmed that report. this morning trump called it a hoax. one of his attorneys was asked about it on fox. she was not quite so explicit. is it your understanding there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that had national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s correct. do you know for a fact? have you spoken to the president about it? i have not specifically spoken to the president about what nuclear materials may or may not have been in there. i do not believe there were any in there. i want to bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. charles kohlman is a former prosecutor. c ....
and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi ....