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Thursday, the Department of Justice appealed an order from Judge Aileen Cannon that approved former President Trump's request for a special master to review documents that the FBI seized from Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago.

They conducted a search. and this document that we describe is one of the things that they found in the search. >> it is fascinating. devlin barrett, appreciate the reporting that you and your colleague, carol leonnig, did at "the washington post" on this. jennifer, just in terms of what we have just heard, what stands out to you? >> well, i mean, again, these are very, very serious documents. you know, theyre not the sort of thing that should be anywhere outside of the proper places inside the ...

Can you walk us through the whole process? we knew a myth that the department of justice maybe was looking for this kind of material in their subpoena to the grand jury. what has happened since? >> great question, alex. because of my great colleague devlin barrett who i called on the story with, the public learned in may that the department of justice was seeking also took classified records at barr legault, but they included records that are particularly sensitive that involve nuclear capabilit...

Know the answers to those questions yet. but the government officials are trying to answer those questions. >> well and devlin barrett any tourist that donald trump or friend of donald trump happens to invite into his office, we know thats one of the places that he kept these kinds of things. or got into donald trumps office, never mind active spies who are thinking about what might we find at donald trumps home after he leaves the presidency. everyone who is anyone near any of these documents h...

Nuclear documents were among those sought by investigators. one of the reporters who broke a story for the post, devlin barrett, joins me now on the phone. devlin, think you for scrambling to join us. pretty explosive stuff. tell us what your reporting indicates about the nature of this document. >> right, so like i said, the material in question was document describing a foreign countries military defence. the people we talk to, they are not willing at this point to say which country, which is ...

>> certainly that is the kind of scenario thats where wes investigators. and the reason why they took this step of executing a search warrant, remember the first priority of this investigation is just to get to this material back for precisely the kind of scenario that you described. but the truth is we dont know yet if something like that happens. and so the governments for subjective in all of this was to get this stuff back so that couldnt happen anymore or if it happens at all. >> devlin bar...

And began looking for them, its huge that before that happened, two months before that search and that search warrant, the government was asking for these records and was told, weve done a search, the trump team set june 3rd, we looked at everything, after a diligence urge, there is no more classified material down here. well, who told trumps lawyers these are the boxes to look in? here, you can see all my records, or how diligence was that search because it did not take the government more than...

Because of my great colleague devlin barrett who i called on the story with, the public learned in may that the department of justice was seeking also took classified records at barr legault, but they included records that are particularly sensitive that involve nuclear capabilities are really what you will consider a foreign government or the u.s. government ability to wage nuclear war. where are they on that continuum? are they seeking nuclear ingredients, recipes, equipment, do they have the ...

We have seen that before in pass cases. that is a very clear area of concern for intelligence officials and has been for a long time. i think way so complex but also simple about this case is that involves a former president which is not something we have seen before. >> all right, devlin barrett, phenomenal reporting, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> still ahead, it turns out republicans warned of elections get unison george overrate, sore of. new surveillance video sho...

Warrant, the government was asking for these records and was told, weve done a search, the trump team set june 3rd, we looked at everything, after a diligence urge, there is no more classified material down here. well, who told trumps lawyers these are the boxes to look in? here, you can see all my records, or how diligence was that search because it did not take the government more than about 8 to 9 hours on site to get this trove of hundreds and hundreds of documents. i will also add one of th...