gulf of mexico and in the southern u.s. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber the biden white house is officially hands-off regarding the fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago search. it turned up 11 sets of classified materials, including some with the highest secrecy privately some white how to officials admit they are worried about what other sensitive documents might be out there. court documents unsealed in relation to the search and into the depths of potential legal jeopardy the former president and his allies could be facing. cnn s jessica schneider has our report. reporter: new information related to documents of the mar- a-lago search sharpening the focus on former president trump as a possible subject of a criminal probe. the application for the search warrant, unsealed thursday, that reveals that among the crimes the doj is investigating includes the willful retention of national defense information. language that could point to t
plan. i m simone thompson, and i have something to say. some of our nation s biggest secret secrets that could mean life or death depending on whose hands there in you re not in a sensitive facility. they were at a resort in palm beach florida. look at these pages. 38 of them. the redacted copy of the affidavit justifying the unprecedented search of his home earlier this month. the judge released it yesterday. the justice department laid out potential violations of the espionage act after examining the 15 boxes of documents retrieved by the national archives. those 15 boxes contain 184 unique classified documents including 67 documents marked confidential, 92 mark secret, these all included information on at least one confidential human source overseas. not only could our flow of intelligence potentially be at risk peoples lives could be put in danger. we learned today that the director of national intelligence, avril haines, will assess the potential risk to national securit
unique classified documents including 67 documents marked confidential, 92 mark secret, these all included information on at least one confidential human source overseas. not only could our flow of intelligence potentially be at risk peoples lives could be put in danger. we learned today that the director of national intelligence, avril haines, will assess the potential risk to national security that could come from the disclosure of these documents now let s be clear, you know, an affidavit is not proof of a crime but the justice department says in the affidavit quote, there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premise. mar-a-lago. the details elaborating on the obstruction remain redacted for now but we cannot dismiss his handling of classified documents as just another one
it will likely be a tunnel task for the doj which has repeatedly said any redactions they would propose would be so extensive it would make the affidavit quote, devoid of content. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. senior political analyst, ron, joins me now from los angeles, and he is also a senior editor for the atlantic. thanks so much for being here with us. so, ron, looking at the big picture, on one hand you could say it has been a bad week for donald trump, with the accumulation of his legal troubles and those of his allies and associates, but on the other hand he has reportedly been pulling in millions in fundraising on the back of the mar-a-lago search. so, even if his legal woes worsen it, in the backwards world of donald trump is it actually good for him politically? well, i think clearly that even as his legal problems are mounting, his hold on the republican party is tightening. right? i mean, in may, when the
agencies. i was not an intelligence officer, never. he told the post he was born in russia and became a u.s. citizen in 2009. akhmetshin s lobbying effort, which he did on behalf of the russian lawyer, veselnitskaya, was aimed at repealing the magnistky act. a complaint filed against him with the department of justice, claimed that effort was on behalf of the kremlin. he s also been accused according to court papers filed in new york in 2015 of hacking on behalf of one company, in into the computer systems of a rival company to steal confidential information. the company withdrew accusation soon after without providing a reason. in an earlier related case, he denied a similar accusation, saying in an affidavit quote i m not a computer specialist. and i am not capable of hacking. in addition to his lobbying work, akhmetshin was well known in washington for being connected to very powerful people in russia. both in the business world