it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified ndi or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. we should note ndi stands for national defense information. the affidavit goes on to provide a preliminary assessment of what was in the january material. quoting again, 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, 25 documents marked as top secret. 25 top secret documents. just to put that in perspective, i want to read y
good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look we ve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former president s home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out the government s case that a search could yield evidence of a crime or even multiple crimes. it is heavily redacted to protect sources, potential witnesses, as well as the ongoing investigation of not just the president but also, quoting the document now, all potential criminal confederates. that said, there is much it does reveal, starting with what investigators believe they would find beyond the 15 boxes that were returned to the government in january. quoting again, there is probable cause
disaster in a live report. this is cnn newsroom. in we are getting our clearest look into the classified documents kept at donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. details what federal investigators expected to find. that has been properly taking materials, evidence of obstruction. donald trump insists he did nothing wrong and calls for the release of the affidavit s of refuse from the fbi and justice department. meanwhile, president biden is mocking his claims of declassified documents. here he is. two i want to know if i can declassify everything in the world? [ inaudible question ] it depends on the document and how secure. jessica has more on what the affidavit reveals. reporter: president trump kept them at mar-a-lago for months. the top-secret stuff can get people killed. it is completely alarming. reporter: the doj is revealing the boxes that contained classified. 92 are mark sigrid 25 are mark top-secret park visitors. otherwise on properly identified. particul
himes, a member of the house intelligence committee, says that s not the only potential risk here. the affidavit contains all sorts of information, including testimony by informants, witnesses, and others that, now that we know that not just donald trump, but the republican party generally, will make threats, include threats on the lives of people, including fbi agents that are involved here, there s an awful lot of risk. so it would be unsealed or could be kept seal, but there is a third option for the judge. that would be releasing it with redactions. the doj says if they redact everything they need to, the documents will essentially be worthless. bottom line, that affidavit could answer the why behind this search. apparently investigators are figuring that out. two law enforcement officials tell nbc news, they re still going through material, just as they have been for the past week and a half, trying to figure out what is and what is not relevant to their investigatio
party. i ll tell you what it says, election deniers and conspiracy theorists, it s clearly their party now. tonight rudy giuliani under oath in atlanta as his legal situation looks increasingly precarious. reportedly donald trump is having trouble finding top-notch legal assistance. governor desantis suspended him for speaking his mind about abortion. now warren is fighting back, filing a lawsuit against desantis. we begin the reid out with the downfall of liz cheney. she was defeated by her former ally and friend harriet hageman. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us, and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire you. [ cheers and applause ] okay. so when liz cheney, the daughter of the two-term republican vice president dick cheney last run in 2020, she won by a resounding 73%. her loss yesterday was a stinging rebuke for cheney, whose family has deep r