how the culture wars are driving teachers out of the classroom good evening we may be closer tonight to getting a peek inside the government s rationale for its search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. a florida judge suggesting some of the information can be publicly released and giving government lawyers a week deadline to figure out what they believe must be redacted. it s an apparent setback to prosecutors who want the affidavit and what it might say about their suspicions of the ex-president to be kept under seal at the center of the case, highly classified documents investigators seized from the trump property it was a big day on the legal front for mr. trump as a long and loyal associate of his pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges and will be heading to a new york jail. the one-time cfo of the trump organization taking a deal from prosecutors that does not require him to provide information on the former president kristen welker now with late details. reporter: t
Unsealed nbc s mark caputo was there. what was it like to actually be inside the courtroom today? you didn t know it was a former president. you would have thought it was a mob boss. because what they re talking about is obstruction of justice. they re talking about how witnesses are threatened and how obstruction of justice could occur if more information is released reporter: mr. trump s lawyers did not make any arguments for or against unsealing the affidavit, but the former president has publicly called for the documents to be unsealed and today a trump spokesperson tweeted, no redaction should be necessary and the whole affidavit should be released. as for the documents that were taken from mar-a-lago, two law enforcement officials tell nbc news more than a week after the search, agents are still sifting through the large haul of 27 boxes containing 11 sets of classified information. for his part today, mr. trump released a link to a memo he sent in 2021 where he purportedly d
Potentially unsealed the former president demanding its release in full, but the doj arguing it would harm the investigation. and will mr. trump reveal surveillance of the search it comes as a former top executive for the trump organization pleads guilty to tax fraud. the role he s now expected to play when the company goes on trial in the fall. also tonight, growing alarm over the nuclear power plant in ukraine controlled by russia is an attack coming? just in, new indictments in the 2018 jailhouse killing of notorious crime boss whitey bulger who s facing charges the man suspected of stabbing author salman rushdie appearing in court his plea the nfl raising the suspension of cleveland browns quarterback deshaun watson to 11 games over sexual misconduct allegations and hitting him with the largest fine in league history. the new warning over a brain-eating amoeba suspected in the death of a child and our return to southlake.
But legal experts say that s irrelevant to the potential crimes prosecutors are investigating. adding urgency, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news inside trump world there are discussions about whether to release surveillance video of the search eric trump was asked earlier this week if the footage would be released absolutely, sean. at the right time. reporter: meanwhile, in new york today, allen weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the trump organization, pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges, admitting he took $1.7 million in untaxed perks, including free rent, school tuition, and multiple mercedes automobiles. weisselberg agreed to pay nearly $2 million in taxes and fines and serve five months in jail as a part of the plea deal, weisselberg is expected to provide information about those business dealings, but not about his former boss. kristen, if we can circle back to the search of mar-a-lago, the justice department has some real concerns about the r