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Subpoenaed productive search, and his documentary described as one of the things 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, theyre not the sort of thing that should be anywhere outside of the proper places inside the scif. so it seems to ...

Been referred to earlier. as devlin was saying, this is not just top secret, but s.a.p. programs, special access programs, or programs that you are read into individually. just because you hold a top secret clearance doesnt mean youre -- all these programs are on a need to know basis. so youre read into these individual programs and only certain people are qualified based on their need to know. so it is a very, very, very small subset of people who are even authorized to handle, deal with this t...

The report highlights concerns of U.S. intelligence officials about classified material that Trump kept

Contained national security vital information and why even after they got a subpoena from a grand jury, they hid it from the government. theres no response to that from trump. >> devlin, you have laid out that timeline in "the washington post" along the way and pointing out just how often and how vigorously the government tried to get this stuff back, quietly, though, giving him special procedures because he is a former president. so not going after him the way they would anyone else, the subpoe...

The Washington Post called it ‘blistering’ and ‘extraordinary.’ That about covers it.

Troublesome. >> thank you so much, ali. dont go far. stay with us, because youll be back right after the break and were going to talk politics. ryan, paul, devlin and harry, thanks to all. next up, as weve been previewing, alaskan surprise. the special election shock that sarah palin has the state sending a democrat to the house for the first time in 50 years. plus primetime address. president biden speaking from philadelphias independence hall tonight about what he sees as the ongoing battl...

Sarah palins bid for the states lone house seat in favor of mary peltola. but we start with the latest filing from trumps legal team and the hearing set to get under way at 1:00 p.m. joining me now ryan reilly, also devlin barrett, and harry litman, former deputy assistant attorney general. ryan, first lets break down the trump teams argument in this latest filing and what it means in todays hearing on whether or not to appoint a special master, an independent overseer to look at these files aga...

President himself is not so much what happens in the early part of this year or last year. this thing really comes to a full steam in may and june of this year. and thats the real challenge for trumps lawyers, to defend the conduct, to try to explain it away in a way that does that lead to more grand jury activity. and so that is part of the dynamic were going to see play out a little bit in this hearing. is there anything that the trump lawyers can say or do to knock back these accusations, bec...

And a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds voters are giving Biden’s student loan plans pretty high marks.

WASHINGTON -- As president, Donald Trump employed a consistent and largely successful strategy for fending off congressional oversight investigations: stonewall until the fight reached the courts. Even if judges eventually rejected his legal claims, he could use the slow pace of litigation to run out the clock.