just a week ago. today, the u.s. magistrate judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump s florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at donald trump s florida home. the redacted affidavit gives us a window into what the fbi expected to find and found during their search of mar-a-lago. quote, the fbi s investigation has established that the documents bearing classification markings, which appear to contain national defence information were among the materials contained in the 15 boxes and were stored at the premises in an authorized location. further, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contained classified ndi, or that are presidential records subject to retention requirements currently remain at the prem
brief, revealing new details. this filing was 19 page es. it did acknowledge that classified material was found at mar-a-lago earlier this month. but essentially, it says it wasn t a big deal. says quote, the proported initiation for the probe was the alleged discovery of sensitive information contained within the 15 boxes of presidential records. but this discovery, end quote, was to be fully anticipated given the very nature of presidential records. simply put, the notion that presidential records would contain sensitive information should never have been cause for alarm. this is part of a bid by the trump team to have a special master appointed. a judge holds a hearing on that tomorrow. and this comes on the heels of the very serious claims laid out in the justice department s 36-page filing, including another quote here, evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room at the trump home and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct
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hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump s florida home, his newest lawyer in his first appearance as part of the legal team today argued a special master is needed to restore order and lower the temperature in the nation. and another trump attorney compared the battle over the classified documents to a dispute over an overdue library book. let s get straight to our reporter in florida. tell us more about what arguments these lawyers were making, but a
requirements currently remain at the premises. there is also cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premise. the affidavit revealing startling details about improperly handled documents that were marked with the highest levels of security clearance. a former cia guy. it sends chills up and down my spine when i hear there is information in somebody s basement. not secured as it should. hcs standing for human intelligence control system which is a classification designed to protect people around the world for the u.s. government. in 14 of the 15 boxes retrieved in january by the national archives, 184 documents had unique classification markings. 67 marked as confidential. in a marked as secret. and 25 marked top secret. the top secret stuff, and compartmental, can get people killed. it is completely alarming. nobody down there except, well, not even trump any longer, even has a clearance at all. according to doj, the document is heavily reda