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house that the justice department wanted back. what we are learning is that authorities were suspicious that the trump team was not being utterly truthful with them. they were concerned that the trump team was holding back documents. that there are not putting forward everything that they had available. they're also concerned that some of those documents to potentially have national security implications. so that is part of what led to the search. >> they've, you've been talking to local law enforcement about this. i'm wondering what you're learning down there in florida. >> you know...

telling cnn authorities did not believe that the former president and his aides had returned all the documents, and of the materials that had been taken to mar-a-lago when he left office. i want to bring in sarah murray, covering the story for us. and state attorney for palm beach county, florida. good to see you both. we are learning that this fbi search after suspicions with of withheld materials, what else can you tell us? >> part of what made this perplexing to the people in donald trump's orbit was that his attorneys were engaging on this issue, this notion that he took document...

and president trump said he wasn't given any head's up that the search was happening. >> how much advance notice did you have of the fbi plan to search mar-a-lago? >> i didn't have any advanced notice. none zero. not one single bit. >> sources have now confirmed to cnn that trump era records were not returned to the government even though a white house lawyer had determined that they should be, accordinged according to a may 21 email from the chief council to trump's attorneys. let's bring in a former federal prosecutor. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> today the do...

well, we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump's mar-a-lago home, and we're learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant that was unsealed on friday agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to gathering, losing or destroying u.s. defense information. a property receipt also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. monday's search also igniting a furious backlash among some tr...

Sovereign wealth fund is run by the crown prince. so this is speculation, but if you are thinking about a motive, right, for president trump potentially to be holding back documents, not providing documents, there's a number of things you could think are possible. at worst, he potentially wanted to share classified information with the saudis. he could have been holding back information as sort of blackmail to make sure that they come through and host golf tournaments at his golf resorts. that is very, very lucrative for the former president. he could be -- it could be that he wrote notes on d...