good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been unsealed and made public. the document supports much of which was already known about the criminal investigation to whether trump and his aides took secret government papers, and failed to return all of them, despite repeated demands from senior government officials. nbc s peter alexander has more on today s bombshell developments. reporter: the 38-page affidavit focuses on what the fbi says it found in 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives in january. mixed in with newspapers, magazines, and presidential correspondents were 184 classified documents, 67 of them marked confidential. 92 marked secret. and 25
word. the 11th hour starts right now. s last word tonight, revelations from the highly anticipated affidavit and that led to the search of mar-a-lago. confirmation of got to fight documents discovered in florida, and the possible threats to national security. then, the heavily reacted document leaves a lot of unanswered questions, especially about potential legal implications for the already, twice impeached, former president. and, as we try to navigate this uncharted territory, one of our favorite, presidential historians, tries to put it all to perspective. as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy friday night. but evening once again. i alicia menendez am in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warran
word. the 11th hour starts right now. tonight, revelations from the highly anticipated affidavit and that led to the search of mar-a-lago. confirmation of hard to find documents discovered in florida, and the possible threats to national security. then, the heavily redacted document leaves a lot of unanswered questions, especially about potential legal implications for the already, twice impeached, former president. and, as we try to navigate this uncharted territory, one of our favorite presidential historians, tries to put it all to perspective. as the 11th hour gets underway on this very busy friday night. good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been
good evening once again. i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. it was nearly three weeks ago that former president trump first told the nation, the fbi was executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago. today, americans had the chance to see some of the justice s reasoning for that move. the heavily redacted affidavit that underpins the warrant has been unsealed and made public. the document supports much of which was already known about the criminal investigation to whether trump and his aides took secret government papers, and failed to return all of them, despite repeated demands from senior government officials. nbc s peter alexander has more on today s bombshell developments. reporter: the 38-page affidavit focuses on what the fbi says it found in 15 boxes mr. trump returned to the national archives in january. mixed in with newspapers, magazines, and presidential correspondents were 184 classified documents, 67 of them marked confidential. 92 marked secret. and 25
minutes. si, those are electronic intercepts, the most sensitive things that our intelligence community cannot do, and the techniques used. it could be singular nature. conversation could be one of these documents that only one person overheard. if someone saw the document, they would say, there s only one person i told that to. i know the sources working for the u.s. government. the same goes for the noforn, not a lot for any foreign national to see. orcon, original agency control, don t give this to anyone without asking us first. this goes on and on and on. it s the most sensitive information we can have, and one of the worst places it can be from a security standpoint. tracey, i want to bring you in on this too. the affidavit describes secretive classifications, as frank said, one human intelligence, the clandestine sources. tell us why you saw that was one of the classifications, what went through your mind? yeah, so, it was really interesting. you know, there was a lot of tal