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trump outside and, of course, they were clashing with protesters, many of whom were already shouting "lock him up." it was quite a scene. >> that's right. another day in paradise. this was a strange day. >> trump issued a statement reading in part that the execution of a search warrant was, quote, an attack by radical left democrats who desperately don't want me to run for president in 2024. >> my father has worked so collaboratively with them for months. in fact, the lawyer that's been working on this was totally shocked. he said i have such an amazing relationship with these people and all of a sudden no notice, they sent 20 cars and 30 agents? >> i could not believe some of the pictures that we saw. i mean, some would argue that the documents were treated kind of like a discarded sock at the end of the day. we're talking about matters of national security strewn about available for the prying eye to look at in ballrooms, in bathrooms. mar-a-lago is not a scif.
three boxes. six days later, he removed approximately 50 more boxes and on june 1st, the day before trump's lawyer began his search of the boxes, nauta removed 11 more. so to recap, trump admitted to taking the documents on live tv, on cnn and on fox. as the documents were related to national defense, not only were they not covered under the presidential records act, but it did not matter whether or not they were classified to make it illegal for trump to have them. and even with that, trump admitted that they were not declassified. the documents were strewn about in unsecure locations like ballrooms and bathrooms. and when the time came to actually return the documents under the direction of a subpoena, he tried to hide the documents from both the doj and from his own lawyers. so republicans continue to say there's nothing to see here, they're actually taking a page out of the playbook from the last republican president, who was facing a federal indictment.
before the disgraced twice impeopled, now twice indicted ex-president is set to be arraigned in a south florida courtroom. let that sentence sink in. but putting aside the legal rubric cube of trump's lawyers and trump's appointed federal judges who may or may not recuse themselves, put that track aside for a second. what we know how guarantees that this is a white knuckle moment for our nation for one reason, because of what the atlantic calls the national security nightmare that we find ourselves in, because that is what allegedly hording some of the countries most sensitive intelligence secrets in bathrooms and ballrooms and showers for more than a year and moving them around and around to all those places causes a national security nightmare. to understand the severity of the charges against trump, consider a thought experiment. imagine that vladimir putin is one day driven from the kremlin,
required in effect to make a decision as to whether they trust the system of government that they have been, you know, working with for the last 240 some years or whether they're going to believe that this is all just some sort of a hoax or a witch hunt or some of the things that former president trump likes to say. and the polls are very telling at this point. so many americans even having seen the secret information that mika just talked about being exposed and the bathrooms and the ballrooms of mar-a-lago, don't seem to consider this to be a legitimate prosecution. so how does the system convince at least the majority or a vast swath of the american public this is a legitimate prosecution, this is nothing to do with politics. this is about the nation's secrets and about justice, rule of law and all of these things at a time when the former president and his allies are out there telling the opposite and that is a huge test for the system right now. >> it is such a test. and we have right now half of the country not necessarily agreeing on the same set of facts. not getting all of the
six felonies related to the cover-up. -- in the 44-page indictment. paints a damning picture of the former president, with a reckless disregard for the nation's most closely held secrets. it cites two examples of trump showing classified, national security information, information he was no longer entitled to possess. let alone to share to visitors to his new jersey golf club. in one instance, trump showed a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff all of whom who had no security clearance, a copy of a plan of attack, that according to a recording, trump himself described as highly confidential. trump can be heard on that recording, referring to the document as, quote, secret. trump's careless treatment of the nation's most sensitive security information is laid out not just in black and white checked. as photographic evidence. take a look here. you can see boxes of documents that were taken from the white house that were stored at mar-a-lago. stacked up in ballrooms.
former president, with a reckless disregard for the nation's most closely held secrets. it cites two examples of trump showing classified, national security information, information he was no longer entitled to possess. let alone to share to visitors to his new jersey golf club. in one instance, trump showed a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff all of whom who had no security clearance, a copy of a plan of attack, that according to a recording, trump himself described as highly confidential. trump can be heard on that recording, referring to the document as, quote, secret. trump's careless treatment of the nation's most sensitive security information is laid out not just in black and white checked. as photographic evidence. take a look here. you can see boxes of documents that were taken from the white house that were stored at mar-a-lago. stacked up in ballrooms. and later, a bathroom. you can see a toilet there on the left. in courting to the indictment, this is where nauta came into the picture. he helped move boxes throughout the resort.
that were taken from the white house that were stored at mar-a-lago. stacked up in ballrooms. and later, a bathroom. you can see a toilet there on the left. in courting to the indictment, this is where nauta came into the picture. he helped move boxes throughout the resort. just how sensitive was the material in trump's position? well according to the indictment, the documents trump took, quote, included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. the united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states, and its allies to military attack. and plans for a possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack, and quote. trump, who is repeatedly denied allegations of mishandling classified documents, is expected to surrender to miami authorities on tuesday. marking his second arraignment in two months. however, his legal troubles do not appear to be slowing down
latest developments on the indictment of donald trump, it's important to remember this case is not just about documents stored in ballrooms and bathrooms. it's about a national security. just the third paragraph of this 49-page indictment makes that clear. it says, and i quote, the classified documents trump stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries. unites states nuclear programs vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack. and plans for possible retaliation and response to foreign attack. the unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the united states foreign, relations, our elation ships with key partners, the safety of the united states military, human sources we rely on around the world.
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strewn about indifferent rooms, ballrooms in bathrooms or whatever. that could be accessed easily but just any normal person. but sophisticated intelligence services overseas they have amazing amount of ways that they can find to get access to this facility and giggling information from it. so that's why it's going to be so hard for the intelligence community to determine what actually has been compromised and which of those collections systems might need to be turned off or suspended for a while or which sources need to be infiltrated in order to protect their lives because, again, these things are just so sensitive. it takes billions of dollars, many years, and some real courage and bravery on the part of foreign nationals who work for us as well as cia officers -- >> director, one more question on that front. republicans in congress have been sort of hiding behind the fact that the intelligence community assessment regarding