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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...

>> 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 dema...

>> that's right, and that would be ordinary and appropriate potentially and certainly within her discretion. where she does go is radically beyond that point. the idea that you would have a special master screening for executive privilege materials, never been done before in this country, and it doesn't also make sense because if it is material that is subject to executive privilege, it is a presidential record that has to be in the archives. she doesn't say, what happened if the special master says this is executive privilege, you would think trump loses, not wins by it. it's thhard to unders...

Away, but they think it's just the kim john young, love letter, and barack obama. they don't find out for a year what's contained. and when they do, that's when their alarm rings. they still forebear for four months, because trump says i want to look at national executive privilege materials, letting at the doj and fbi know. finally, they say, forget about it, and sent this letter that says, you have no executive privilege claim. we're turning it over tomorrow. by the way, that's the claim, and the only claim he is still trying to sow. and it's then that it rolls in quick motion to subpoena, p...

And barack obama. they don't find out for a year what's contained. and when they do, that's when their alarm rings. they still forebear for four months, because trump says i want to look at national executive privilege materials, lighting at the doj and fbi know. finally, they say, forget about it, and sent this letter that says, you have no executive privilege claim. we're turning it over tomorrow. by the way, that's the claim, and the only claim he is still trying to sow. and it's then that it rolls in quick motion to subpoena, personal visits, and finally, this just tells us, just tell us t...