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Declassification, because it seems to suggest that donald trump knew in july 2021 that a document he was holding he could not share with individuals because it was still classified. thats the idea here, that he -- the intent and the willful understanding of the declassification laws, that this would undermine what mr. trump and his legal team had been claiming in terms of their understanding of the status of those documents. >> and if that tape is authentic, and if it matches up to an actual doc...

It would keep the light down so that he could sleep at night. and it is just this folder that says classified evening summary on it. it is not a classification marking. it is not anything that is controlled in any way. there is nothing illegal about it, there is nothing in it. and when doj found out about it they went crazy and they said that they actually gave me a subpoena to say give us over this empty folder that means nothing. >> those trump lawyers have now done a complete reversal on thei...

Says classified evening summary on it. it is not a classification marking. its not anything that is controlled in any way. theres nothing illegal about it, nothing in it. >> glenn, im not a lawyer or a former prosecutor like you, but thats the dumbest thing i might have ever heard. they found 48 more empty folders that contained classified documents at trumps house. last month, he said he had so many of those folder because he thought they were cool. they were a cool keepsake. how are any of the...

To classified materials? now, he insisted she just thought she was copying schedules, she didnt realize there were these classified materials in those boxes. look, thats not a great explanation. >> thats also the responsibility of the person with the classified documents to protect them and not allow access. >> exactly. one of the big questions is trump has been out of office for two years, how is it that classified materials keep turning up? they also turned over a folder marked classified even...

It has a blue light on it and it keeps him up at night. so he took the manilla folder and put it over so it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night. its just this folder, it says, "classified evening summary" on it. it is not a classification marking. its not anything that is controlled in any way. theres nothing illegal about it. theres nothing in it. and when doj found out about it, they went crazy. they actually gave me a subpoena to say, give us over this empty folder that means...

Wilmington, delaware, home with the justice department was conducted just yesterday. bob bauer said it took about 13 hours as they sifted through the various rooms of the home. and then now, just the next day, close to 7:00 they announced the findings of this search of the wilmington residence. certainly this just adds to the drip, drip, drip nature that weve seen from this classified documents saga the white house has been grappling with for almost two weeks now. >> as im reading through this l...

>> only with respect to those documents that have the classification markings. and as paul noted, those other thousands of records do have some relevance here. if there is ultimately going to be an indictment thats will likely be not just in the fact that there were the documents with the classification marking, but how they were intermix and intertwined with these other records, where they were located. so while, yes, they are continuing on that classification sites, they need access to those o...

Assuming no red flags show up. they will review and inspect the documents in a secure facility, in the presence of the special master so they wont be able to fake anything out, any notes they fake will have to be reviewed for the classification, and if they are declassified they will have to be in the campaign city of the special master. this is the part that makes no sense to me when i am reading the special master order. what is the special master going to do with these marked documents with c...

Tonight we are learning the intelligence community has been viewing documents taken from mar-a-lago since may. these are the documents from the 15 boxes the former president handed over in january. the fbi found 184 documents with classification marking, 25 marked top secret according to the filing. this coming as the director of national intelligence notified lawmakers that her office will conduct a former formal damage assessment of the classified documents to trumps own. lets bring in the for...

Thing. i do a lot of national security and criminal work by the nature of those cases and this is a fairly common fight to try to get evidence from the government. affidavits are commonly released after someone is charged. you have to give them to the defense in most cases. they can be released and redacted, and it can be released before a charge, but courts tend to just go with the government on these things. but what is different is a number of elements here. one is that there is a history her...