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tv star. to begin, a 13 page memo explains the productions, are quote, to protect the safety and privacy of a significant number of civilian witnesses. the fbi is probable cause was based on multiple people coming forward. the affidavit also lays out what the 15 boxes returned to the national archives, back in january, held. 25 files miked type secret. 92 files might marked secret. 67 files marked confidential. they are just sitting in the basement of the former presidents golf resort....

understatement, redacted, we are learning some new details about the fbi justification for the search of the former presidents home. >> sandra: one part reading "after initial review of the nra referral, the fbi opened a criminal investigation to, among other things, determine how the documents with one classification marking and records were removed from the white house or any other authorized locations for the storage of classified materials, and came to be stored at the premises." >...

the former presidents compound. were reading through it in real time. almost half of the 38 pages is, in fact, redacted, but also having some major new information, including information about what the fbi found in an initial search of those 15 boxes of dominates former president trumps team turned over to the national archives. in those boxes they found 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 as secret, 25 as top secret. ...

you cant get much detail out of this. and it was approved by a judge. which does tell us something. although not what is under the redaction. so we have this unprecedented clash over federal powers, over the prerogatives of a former president. the suspicion about criminal evidence. all of this is here in the ballpark. and if youve heard today or tonight, we know everything now and i could tell you, no we dont. we obviously have to be careful about what is redacted. were learning new th...

here on msnbc. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. >> but evening, rachel. and im sure you know what my absolute favorite part of your show was tonight. show was tonight >> no, what was a? >> i went into the control room to watch the isolated cameron rachel, so that i wouldnt miss a single fraction of a second of rachael blushing while alex wagner was -- was raising her and thanking her for what she has created here at msnbc. and you think a l...

shot at home was on alex, so a lot of people couldnt see -- your blushing, as much as they deserved to see it. >> all i could do in that moment, while you are staring at me because you know me well enough to do that, is like, could i have done this in such a way that i precluded this from happening? could i have spoken the beginning of this interview and this discussion in such a manner, that theres no way that alex could maneuver this into talking about me? and i just was sitting ther...

>> before i send boxes, i have to take all of my things out. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shorts, clothing, shoes. there were many things. >> iran war plans? >> not that i know of. not that i know of. >> hes no longer claiming he could and did declassify everything. then eight days later, cnn obtained the audio of the discussion, and we could all hear him say that these documents were secret. later that day came his next shifting line of defense that there was no ...

Political disaster. the democrats would not be happy about that. but i say to you guys, what is the price of truth? weve had so many people die from this virus, weve had that many more people lose their livelihood to this virus. it completely shook the next generation of youth and their ability to learn. havent we paid for truth? rachel: we deserve truth. the most radical thing you can do is tell the truth these days, and what im hoping is this new republican majority in the house will continue ...

Just lying, im not sure. ron vitello, thanks for joining us. pete: thank you, ron. >> thank you. rachel:s the incredible to think, as you said, 20,000 kids, we know percentage, somewhere upwards of 25% of the girls who come over, women and children, are raped -- pete: horrific. rachel: its just, and then lost in child sex trafficking rings. pete: and now they say its unsustainable, so theyre trying to put a band-aid on the gaping wound? rachel: we opened the show kind of talking about -- preside...

Even challenging that anymore. >> does anyone challenge a sitting president has a right to declassify? >> no. >> that the a moot issue because were talking about a former president here. he says that kash patel witnessed him declassifying and others did too. but the lawyers, theyre not making that case in court, are they? >> no. because they didnt execute the process. say hypothetically the president in the presence of kash patel and a few other people did say i want to declassify everything. gr...