make men more responsible fathers. that s one argument made to our report, you ll want to hear the exchange for yourself. good evening, i m erin burnett, out front on this friday, deep concern, white house officials privately expressing what s described as deep concern over classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the white house has remained silent publicly, but cnn learning tonight that behind closed doors it s a very different story. concerns are mounting that the information found at mar-a-lago could put sources and methods of the u.s. intelligence committee at risk, and part of that concern is likely stemming from the new documents released by a federal judge relating to the search of mar-a-lago. these are the papers that contained specific information about what the department of justice is investigating in terms of potential offenses. the words right here in that document under the search is related to a violation of, you see this line, willful retention
the material was marked with the highest levels of classification that exists, material that is meant to be held only in secure government facilities not at a private club where basically anyone can pay for membership and wander around. arguably, the agent s most alarming finding that we were able to see in this redacted version was that the boxes contained classified information that came from human intelligence sources meaning if the documents were mishandled, leaked or transmitted they could compromise the identity of american intelligence assets and the affidavit also lays out why doj had good reason not to believe or trust trump and his lawyers knowing that back in february of this year, after the archives notified congress that there was classified material and what they got back from mar-a-lago, trump put out a statement that very fact. investigators write this, quote, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified national defense
ga and good evening, i m erin burnett. trump investigated for violating the espionage act. yes, that is just one of the crimes former president trump is under investigation for by the department of justice tonight. obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records are also on the list. now just to be clear, when you hear the word espionage, you might say, wait, espionage? here s what it specifically relates to. i ll quote for you. information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the united states or to the advantage of any foreign nation. and as the warrant, the unsealed warrant now states, the property to be seized includes, and just reading here and you can see on your screen as well, information including communications in any form regarding the retrieval, storage or transmission of national defense information or classified material. and that is why the fbi searched mar-a-lago on monday. and we now also know what the fbi took
The possibility of russian interference in the us electoral process. That is where you begin. You begin at a highly, serious level where you are protecting your National Electoral integrity. Then you have all of these revelations while tromp is in the white house. The quote that you just gave, that is in the quote that you just gave, that isina the quote that you just gave, that is in a white house document. The white house has said it is authentic. There was no question about what he said. What is interesting here is the sourcing of all of this stuff. It is coming from officials in and out of government. Most of them still serving officials and that, i think, is super important because it tells you there are people who are really worried about the conduct of the presidency and the way, notjust what he does, but why he does it and how he does it. He seems totally unable to separate anything that happens from himself. Its all about him. In the bids middle of these revelations, we have t
French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized blockades at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at French universities, saying that the tactics went beyond legitimate means of debate and protest. Macron said he understands that the events in the Gaza Strip in particular are upsetting people, "but preventing a debate has never helped resolve the conflict," according to an interview published on Sunday in the newspapers La Provence and La Tribune Dimanche. "It is perfectly legitimate and even reasonab