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government had established probable cause of potential violation of three federal statutes. number one relates to the unlawful removal of government material. number two relates to the law prohibiting the destruction or concealment of documents to obstruct an investigation. number three, potentially the most explosive, the espionage act. the inventory of what the fbi seized includes around 20 boxes of items including four sets of top-secret documents, three sets of secret documents, and three sets of confidential documents. the list does not provide any more details about the substance of those documents or what might be in them. in addition, there was binders of photos, signatures of the former president, executive grant of clemency for roger stone and my personal favorite quote, info. re the president of france. can t wait to find out what that is. the vagueness of that inventory will leave people wondering exactly what exactly is in those boxes. there will be room ....
Is. the vagueness of that inventory will leave people wondering exactly what exactly is in those boxes. there will be room for speculation and reporting in the days ahead. today we focus on those three criminal statutes invoked by the judge, and they make this a very big deal, historic deal, and a deal potentially enormous legal consequences for donald j. trump. for his part, he spent the morning crying hoax, denying new reporting from the washington post that indicated that fbi agents were looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons among other items when they searched mar-a-lago. nbc news has not confirmed that reporting. again, we may very well know the full truth about that in the days ahead. joining us now, washington post deputy national adtor and analyst phil rucker. also the former acting solicitor general of the united states, now an msnbc legal analyst and law professor at georgetown university. my friend, thank god you re here. and ben rhodes, another f ....