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Documents with classification markings were removed. so theyre already ieyn there removing 15 boxes and then they make they make a request to the fbi to start a criminaltn investigation. wait a minute. you were just in there gettinghn boxes. president stopped by . he said hello. t you told him theo double padlock when you go back tows new york because everybody knows or new jerseeryone in neys back in the summertime. all of this stuff coming together and obstruction. iu cant you cant have obstru...

National archives and the fbi, and the former president for the of the documents that was unsuccessful, therefore prompting the search of the residents. to my mind, one of the most surprising details that emerged, and again goes to the point that hugo just raised, was the idea that the president had had this information. there is information perhaps that they would find likely evidence of obstruction, either manipulating the documents, or manipulating evidence or the circumstances that the fbi s...

Scenes negotiation and back and forth between the government and trumps team and in the affidavit it said there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at mar-a-lago. based on that alone, they make that claim or make that statement without already knowing what they might be able to garner. >> well not only that, well agree with that, fred, but also they would make that statement without having presented evidence to the judge to support that statement. in othe...

Search. though, he didnt exactly say what role a special master would play. >> and as for that affidavit, cnn some are washington correspondent pamela brown has more now on what we are learning. >> reporter: how public, a heavily redacted version of the affidavit that led to the fbi search of former president donald trumps mar-a-lago home. in it, shocking new details. the fbi telling a judge that there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or public r...

Documents. we are learning more information from the affidavit authorizing the search of former president trumps mar-a-lago residence. the heavily redacted affidavit revealing that classified documents found at the residence includes some of the countrys most sensitive secrets. >> according to the filing, authorities had probable cause to believe that classified national security materials were improperly taken to unauthorized locations. at the former presidents estate. it also says the search a...

The holiest of the holy, right? the thing that the government does not want shared, ali. the problem here is, after the president, the former president returns those 15 boxes, the government had reason to believe, based on interviews with witnesses, based on other information, that it remained, still more classified records at mar-a-lago that the president was holding tight to, as, quote unquote, mine, as he told aides. the real issue here is three criminal statutes. concealment of these records...

Confidential source or witness that is reporting about this, not only reporting about the documents, but the potential for things that would relate to obstruction. so its just a matter of protecting the witnesses. now if this ever did go to trial, if there was ever decided there would be an indictment passed down and a trial would take place. then those witnesses would be revealed in a court of law but not until that time. >> peter licata, we appreciate your insight. >> my pleasure. still ahea...

Asking, the receiving some but then knowing there still were more that had to be answered to. i mean, when we talk about obstruction of justice are we talking about all of the things that stood in the way of voluntarily handing those things over once national archives or any other entities suspected theres more at mar-a-lago or elsewhere? >> absolutely, and thats just the first layer of it. that is what has been sort of laid out directly and inferentially in the affidavit. but what we dont know ...

Mar-a-lago. and theres probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found. >> what is a good explain for why anybody, certainly a former president included in that group would be have stuff stored in a basement. >> just about half of that is redacted. thats because the justice departments criminal investigation into the access is still moving forward. prosecutors have revealed theyre looking into violations of espionage act, concealment of government records and also obstructio...

The search of former president trumps mar-a-lago residence. now the heavily redacted document reveals that classified material found at the estate includes some of the countrys most sensitive secrets. >> according to the filing, the fbi said the search at mar-a-lago would likely find evidence of obstruction. it also said authorities had probable cause to believe that classified materials were taken to unauthorized locations within the estate. and the fbi found 184 classified documents in the 15 ...