but along with the photo came a series of explosive new details. the doj claims there is evidence that the documents seized were, quote, likely concealed and removed before the fbi search on august 8th and, quote, efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the filing also disclosed that three classified documents recovered during the fbi search were located in the desks in the 45 office and the doj even laid out why it says it cannot trust information that came from trump s team saying its finding, quote, cast serious doubt on the claim that there had been a diligent search for records. now donald trump s legal team has until 8:00 p.m. tonight to respond to all of this and it will come to a head tomorrow. that is when a judge has scheduled a hearing on the special master request. joining me right now, a great team, we have ken dilanian, josh dossy, and law professor from the university of alabama, and columnist for the boston globe. kim and joyce ar
documents with classification marks. we are also learning additional details about the criminal justice implications possibly for the former president. he is calling federal prosecutors hacks and thugs tonight who had no write to storm his property and steal everything in sight in his words. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department tonight to begin our coverage. good evening, david. good evening to you in this redacted affidavit we are seeing a picture of federal prosecutors who had an escalating concern about documents stored at the home of former president donald trump. in justifying its search, the sworn affidavit notes there was also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises referring to mar-a-lago. trump s team in january turned over 15 boxes of materials stored there. 15 of them containing 184 classified documents. 67 marked confidential. 25 marked labeled 25 top secret. the affidavit says some of the material a
but along with the photo came a series of explosive new details. the doj claims there is evidence that the documents seized were, quote, likely concealed and removed before the fbi search on august 8th and, quote, efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the filing also disclosed that three classified documents recovered during the fbi search were located in the desks in the 45 office and the doj even laid out why it says it cannot trust information that came from trump s team saying its finding, quote, cast serious doubt on the claim that there had been a diligent search for records. now donald trump s legal team has until 8:00 p.m. tonight to respond to all of this and it will come to a head tomorrow. that is when a judge has scheduled a hearing on the special master request. joining me right now, a great team, we have ken dilanian, josh
25 marked labeled 25 top secret. the affidavit says some of the material appears to be trump s handwritten notes. the national archives took possession of the 15 boxes in january and found newspapers, magazines, and personal correspondence mixed in with a lot of classified records of most significant concern was that highly classified records were unfolderred intermixed with other records and otherwise improperly identified. the fbi told the federal court the biden administration continued to negotiate privately with trump lawyers for months over the return of more documents some of which trump considered personal items. a may 25th letter from a trump attorney to the justice department outlined the former president s concern we request that doj adhere to longstanding policies and procedures regarding communications between the doj and white house regarding pending investigative matters which are designed to prevent political influence in doj decision making. president biden has said he