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Take. that before the last couple of days there has been some speculation that maybe donald trump took stuff away that he should have taken. that shouldve been in the archives. not all that serious. as we uncover more of this in the next 24 hours, if it becomes this serious, whats happened? what should happen? >> well i think donald trump should be treated like any other former government official. if they intentionally took documents, or took information out of the government, there is a highly...

One former justice department official, who in the past oversaw investigations of leaks of classified information, said the type of top secret information described by the people familiar with the probe would probably cause authorities to try to move as quickly as possible to recover sensitive documents that could cause grave harm to u.s. security. the washington post goes on to to quote david loughman, the former chief of the justice departments counter intelligence action, which investigates l...

Declassified, would have pose a national security risk to america? would we ever find out if thats true? >> well who knows what document he may have taken out of the white house. clearly there were some, thats why the fbi and doj going after this. but there is supposed to be a record of every document that was declassified. and what im hearing from the trump people is that well, it wasnt recorded. well that allows trump and others to say after the fact, he just the cost by this. that is not the ...

Its top secret, highly classified environment, is dangerous? >> obviously, our adversaries. specifically russia and china, would do anything to be able to gain access to these types of documents. because we give them insight, into what our capabilities, our particularly what our areas of vulnerable billet he might be, and, if anyone happen upon them, if they tried to find a user or a party that was interested in them, they could easily do that by going overseas. thats why these documents, this i...

Tonights story, there was obviously reporting during donald trumps term in office that whether or not information is classified or not classified, there were allegations and examples during the trump administration of sort of the mishandling of highly classified information, and the fact that people reported that often these things would be in the hands of people who either had -- one have had any reason to have it, and certainly didnt have the pull of occasion to have it. so tell me how that fi...

Trump wouldve made what would have to have happened while he was president, once he leaves office, he obviously loses authority of the power. >> there was reporting in tonights story, there was obviously reporting during donald trumps term in office that whether or not information is classified or not classified, there were allegations and examples during the trump administration of sort of the mishandling of highly classified information, and the fact that people reported that often these thing...

Life, in your career. but the breaking news from the washington post that some of the information that the justice department was searching for with the fbi were nuclear documents. im not sure i have words to understand what has happened here. >> i think its really stunning that that is the content of these documents. there is no innocent explanation if these documents indeed included information about americas nuclear secrets. one has to wonder, what on earth could be the reason that donald tru...

Sensitive documents, dealing with nuclear matters of the united states, our force posture, as well as the capabilities are allies, as well as our adversaries, this is, again, something that i can understand now why the department of justice and fbi, when into mar-a-lago to retrieve the documents. because they need to stay under 20 47 protection in heart and put facilities. and the fact that they can be accessed by people unauthorized, that can -- as well as who dont know how sensitive they are, ...

The next 24 hours, if it becomes this serious, whats happened? what should happen? >> well i think donald trump should be treated like any other former government official. if they intentionally took documents, or took information out of the government, there is a highly sensitive of classified nature, i think there should be penalties for that. or there should be in fact charges brought to bear. now there are all different types of potential damage. there is some material that he may have taken...

Circles tonight that the information that was sought, and or, recovered was the information that trump had declassified. that we would have to find out whether he did that while he was president, because the former president cannot take documents and decide to declassify them. if that were true, there would be some evidence of that somewhere, right? there would be some people trail, it would be accessible to you or me, but to people who make determinations about the control of classified informa...