subpoena and finally a search, investigators have retrieved 48 boxes including at least 320 classified documents, including 72 marked confidential, 108 secret, and 42 top secret. now, the filing as one former top fbi official puts it obliterates claims that the fo former president and his lawyers had been cooperating and negotiating in good faith to return the records. okay. so let s lay out the time line for you. the national archives had been working for months to get all of these missing records from trump even while he was in office. in january of this year, they finally got 15 boxes of records that trump had taken with him to mar-a-lago, though they did not belong to him. once the national archives saw the reckless way trump had handled so much sensitive information, they contacted the doj for help getting other classified documents back that were still missing. according to this filing, one of the most significant concerns was that highly classified records were unfol
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
information classified at the highest levels. for context that s more than twice the amount that had been handed over in june after a grand jury subpoena. some documents were so sensitive government officials needed a higher level of security clearance just to review them. the doj says government records were likely concealed and removed and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. we will find out what that could mean and why those seized passports may actually be relevant after all. here is what we don t know at this hour, how will trump s team respond? they have until 8:00 p.m. tonight and how will the judge rule after that special master hearing tomorrow? the doj says a special master would, quote, significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests. we will dig into all of that and more with our team of reporters and analysts. let s bring in nbc s julie ainsley former u.s. attorney barbara mcquaid
up. england s lionesses will attempt to make history this afternoon when they take on germany in the final of the european championships at wembley. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has reiterated the order for residents of the donetsk region to evacuate as soon as possible. the two candidates to be british prime minister set out new promises on health and education. authorities in kentucky say 25 people are now known to have died, in some of the worst flooding ever experienced there, with rescuers struggling to reach some of the worst hit areas. hundreds of flamingo chicks are fitted with identity rings in one of europe s biggest flamingo colonies to help track their journeys and ensure their survival. we are going to catch up with all the sports news, a very important day. mike bushell is in birmingham for us. we ve also got to the commonwealth games on, of course. it s a huge day, wall to wall sport on the bbc, fantastic. here we are in victoria square in central
where these mainstream republicans, and can they get organized to help the president from the other side. through this minister bravest of these team normal republicans joined me later in the show with those answers and more. velshi starts now. good morning, essentially some of the, third happy labor day weekend, i m ali velshi, and this morning we are left with more questions than answers just today after a federal judge until they highly detailed inventory after items that were seized from mar-a-lago early next month. the court filing revealed that the fbi found folders with classified markings on them inside the former president s office in storage area inside the 40 golf club. government feels also wondering if the u.s. government has actually recovered the full scope of important documents from donald trump, and whether many of them remain missing posing a further threat to national security. all of this as we await a decision from a judge as to whether she will requ