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be located there. post sources did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, such as whether it involves weapons belonging to the united states or some other nation, nor did it say whether any documents were recovered as part of their search. cnn is reaching out to donald trump and his representatives for comment. but this adds a whole new level to a day that was already extraordinary, as the attorney general of the united states announced the doj has asked the judge to unseal the mar-a-lago search warrant and property receipt, both of which donald trump did receive. i want to bring in cnn national security analyst juliet kei yam. she served at the department of homeland security under president obama. welcome to the show. thanks for having me. let s start with this. there are so many questions right now. and this is a bombshell. if the post reporting is correct that this had something to do with documents relating to nuclear
photo on the account matches a photo i. d.. the fbi declined to comment, citing ongoing investigation. you can always listen to our podcast, go to cnn. com slash podcasts or any of the major platforms. just search for anderson cooper to 60. news continues right now, let s send it over the summer santa and cnn tonight. it is a good podcast, i do listen, thank you anderson. i am sara sidner, and this is cnn tonight, and we begin with breaking news this thursday. and astonishingly report this evening by the washington post. the newspaper citing people familiar with the search of the president mar-a-lago home, a report that classified documents related to the nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents when they went to donald trump s property on monday. the post says experts and classified information underscores the deep uncertain of government officials about the types of officials who thought they could be located there. most sources did not offer additional details b
Lightly, i guess, but not a former president, someone not in a high position in our society how would they be treated if they took something that was sensitive enough for the fbi to go in and take it from their home? thais great question because there are a number of former high-ranking officials where i was present on search warrants that were executed to recover classified information, and they did not have the benefit of a negotiation with the department of justice and receiving a subpoena to return the material. attorney general garland made it very clear, i think, during his speech that they did approach this case differently simply because it was the president. and i think that s appropriate. we have never had a president subject to a search warrant before in our nation s history. and whatever the practice in the past of the department of justice when it comes to things like recovering classified information, i think attorney general garland laid out a very clear case that
Someone not in a high position in our society, how will they be treated if they took something that was sensitive enough for the fbi to go in and take it from their homes? that is a good question, because there are a number of former high-ranking officials where i was present on search warrants that were executed of recovered classified information, and they did not get the benefit of the negotiation of the department justice. you see this in the return of the material. look, attorney general eric grande made clear during his speech that they did approach this case differently, simply because it was the president. i think that is appropriate, we have never had a president subject to a search warrant for and our nation s history, and whatever the practice in the past the department of justice when it comes to things like recovering classified information, i think attorney mark garland laid out a clear case that there was a measured approach, they attempted to use the least intrusive m