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To nuclear information. and so, this urgency, filling out this timeline of what was being sought there, we are seeing quite a lot of need, if indeed, there were nuclear related documents in these boxes for the justice department to go in this week. of course, were waiting to see exactly what the court filings will reveal, if they will get into that level of specificity. >> stick around for us. i want to bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst and former fbi intelligence adviser phil mudd, errol lo...

Iranians revolutionary guard during his time in the fbi. phil mudd joins me now. phil, thanks for being here. >> sure. >> bolton was notified of this potential threat in 2020. then, the secret service, we no longer have them protecting him, and he wasnt granted secret service protection until 2021, and these documents come in 2022. why did the fbi go about it this way? was it the right way to do things? >> well, im not inside the investigation, but im looking at this saying, you just touched on ...

Say, why do you ever charge him if hes not going to leave iran? first of all, we dont know if theres anybody else involved in the case. it looks like not but were not certain. second -- and this is really interesting. if youre sitting in his shoes, you can never move again. you cant go to europe. you cant go to the beach in the south of france. you cant go to germany. you cant go to the asia. the message is to iranian leadership and orders executing in iranian leadership. you can stay in iran fo...

First of all we know if hes anyone else involved in the, case were not certain. second, and this is really interesting. if you are sitting, you cant move again. you cant go to europe, you cant go to a beach in the south of france, you cant go to germany, you cant go to latin america, you cant go to asia. the message is also to the iranian leadership and people executing the orders of iranian leadership. you can stay in iran forever, but if you ever want to leave that country, were gonna get you....

Threats are retaliation for the u.s. killing of qassem soleimani in 2020. my next guest followed irans revolutionary guard during his time at the fbi. phil mudd joins me now. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> all right. bolton was notified of this potential threat in 2020. then the secret service -- he no longer had them protecting him. and he wasnt granted secret service protection until 2021 and these charging documents came in 2022. why did the fbi go about it that way? >> im not inside the ...

Foreign policy altogether. >> prosecutors are saying that the iranian shahram poursafi had a second job for $1 million. sources are telling cnn that was a reference to a plan to kill former secretary of state mike pompeo, who, of course, also worked in the trump administration. so for more, lets bring in former cia counterterrorism official phil mudd. thank you for being with us this morning. we have now also learned from sources that numerous current and former officials have protective details...

Not only for this case, but to learn what theyre doing for the future. really this is a spy story for saturday night tv. >> it really is. does speak to just remarkable u.s. counterintelligence. phil mudd, thank you as always for your expertise. >> thank you. by the way, gas is $3.76 here in memphis, just so you know. >> lucky you. take advantage. poppy? >> see, everyone is happy about gas prices now. all right, next, turning the page, there is a nebraska mother and teenage daughter facing crim...

Think garlands approach is, he would thought say we need something more here, it has to be connected to something else, january 6, something like that, if thats there, great, but i think if its classified and his people bring to him the point and bring to wray that this is classified information, its being mishandled. we have tried to negotiate with them. its not like they just swooped down on them. something happened between june and now. >> you think there was like a negotiation? thats my ques...

Active investigations of president trump this particular search might relate to. i think that should tell us something about the complexity and the uncertainty of the moment as its going to unfold in donald trumps legal jeopardy. the simple fact is that very few people in their entire lives are going to be the subject of a federal fbi search warrant. even fewer of those are going to ever escape without criminal charges. so the moment those fbi agents got that warrant, someone was already in very...

Procedures for doing so. and he cant do it retroactively. however, we are looking at some statutes, potential violation of statutes that dont involve classified information, that simply involve the mutilation or destruction of official documents. that statute, for example, carries with it a potential for three years in jail as well as a disqualification from holding office. asterisk there, its highly debatable whether that carries weight constitutionally, but there are a range, i would note, of ...