ex-president to have the fbi execute a search warrant on his home. trump posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was, quote, currently under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, quote, they even broke into my safe. a source familiar with the search tells nbc news the investigation is related to the transfer of classified government documents from the white house to mar-a-lago. the national archives reported in february that 15 boxes of documents were improperly taken to the president s florida estate when he left office. at the time, the agency said it had asked the justice department to investigate. a source familiar with the situation tells nbc news, boxes of documents were seized during yesterday s fbi search. trump s attorney released a statement claiming the former president and his legal team have been cooperative with the fbi and doj, quote, every step of the way. trump slammed the search as, quote, prosecutorial misconduct
celebrations are under full swing. we ll look at their 75 years of independence. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with more fallout from the fbi search of donald trump s florida estate. sources tell us one of former president trump s lawyers signed a letter back in june saying there was no more classified information stored at mar-a-lago. we learned earlier this week federal agents uncovered 11 sets of documents including 2 with top secret. they want damage assessments of the seized documents. the chair s writing that, quote, former president trump s conduct has potentially put our national security at great risk. all of this comes as the fbi is facing backlash over the search like this group that gathered outside an arizona field office. the protests ended peacefully but the bureau is still urging employees to be vigilant saying it s received an unprecedented wave of threats. cnn s caitlyn polance is in washington on th
With Vladimir Putin. New moves in court. Late night motions filed, donald trump trying to get one judge taken off his case and asking another judge to toss out some of the charges against him. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. This is cnn news central. This morning a dangerous escalation in the search for an escaped convicted killer. Police now say Dan Elo Cavalcane the inmate who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison two weeks ago is now armed. Sources tell a cnn affiliate that a man who fits the description of cavalcante stole a gun and that shots were fired last night. This amid the latest sighting of the fugitive in South Coventry township. Our affiliates reports that the stolen when season a. 22 caliber rifle. Shoes that were believed to be his were found overnight. Officers quickly swarmed the scene. Police called nearby residents warning them to stay inside with their doors locked. This is the latest sighting of cavalcante over his 13 days now on the run. Moments fr
multiple buildings, locations, thousands of students and guests. so they went about this with partners. it takes a village to clear something that size. so we heard about county and state and federal agents all involved in clearing and likely they had practiced search a clear before. most campuses have done this with mutual response. the significant news, of course, today we just heard the subject is in custody. very good news. and now the questions begin. we ve heard that this individual, this subject was known to authorities for at least three reasons cited in the press conference. first, as recently as just two months ago in september, the subject had made a comment to someone, third party, not campus-related, about possessing a gun. it wasn t connect today a threat. that was followed up on,
former president trump s conduct has potentially put our national security at great risk. all of this comes as the fbi is facing backlash over the search like this group that gathered outside an arizona field office. the protests ended peacefully but the bureau is still urging employees to be vigilant saying it s received an unprecedented wave of threats. cnn s caitlyn polance is in washington on the justice department investigation. two months before the fbi search a lawyer testified there were no classified records to be found on the property cnn learned on saturday. but despite this claim, when investigators seized the boxes this past monday in this criminal investigation, they found in 11 different places records still marked as classified. that included records at three levels of classification, even