may have we may lose the ability to leave. the agents text each other afterwards about what they went through? were they texting before the fact about their concerns about what happened that day or what the president was saying or doing? we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight, multiple sources familiar with the matter, tell cnn that the inspector general first learned of the missing messages back in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general, joseph ka far ri, knew in december of 2021. and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. the secret service, as you know, says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three w
we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight multiple sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that the inspector general for the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service first learned of the missing messages in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general joseph kafari knew in december of 2021, and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. now, the secret service as you know says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three weeks after the capitol attack. it s also a week after several house committees directed dhs to produce all documents or materials relevant to it so they knew congress wanted to
sale on ebay. the price tag, $1,200. how did it get there? who bought it? let s go outfront. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. the former president s attorneys downplaying the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that comparison to an overdue library book made by trump s new lawyer, florida s former solicitor general. during the search of trump s home, the fba seized 33 boxes, which included more than 100 classified documents, which were marked confidential, secret and also top secret. that is on top of 15 boxes that trump s team turned over in january where there were 184 classified documents. they reiterated the trump for a special master to examine the documents seized. the judge in all of this did today stop short of making a final decision at the hearing. we could get her ruling on that any minute. we could soon learn more about what the fbi took in those boxes from trump s home last month. the judge said she s thinking about publically releasing a more det
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, there are tapes. cnn learning that some trump allies are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of fbi agents searching his mar-a-lago home. we don t know what is on the tapes or not on the tapes. the footage has been held so close to the vest that a source close to the president tells cnn they re not sure if trump himself has even seen the whole thing. now, trump s son, eric, has been happy to talk about it, saying they re ready for the whole world to see the tapes. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. absolutely, at the right time. well, the context here is we are awaiting a key decision on the mar-a-lago search. in just hours, the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago is holding a hearing, and the hearing is specifically on the merits of unsealing the affidavit. that was the affidavit that wa
the magic wall. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, trump s lawyers talking. cnn confirming that the fbi interviewed two of trump s former lawyers. the former white house counsel pat cipollone and deputy patrick philbin. they are the two most senior trump officials to be interviewed in the criminal investigation of trump s handling of classified information. this is a significant development. obviously cipollone and philbin know a lot. they were trump s point men for dealing with the national archives. investigators, of course, asked questions about how 15 boxes of teeshls ended up at mar-a-lago even after, even after they said they returned everything. team trump did. according to the new york times philbin had been working to return all the documents since the national archives realized any of them were missing. it was trump, though, who resisted. several advisers telling the times that trump would say, quote, it s not theirs, it s min