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transparency in this unprecedented situation and he set in motion essentially a process where the justice department can come and propose redactions to this crucial document that backs up that search and seizure at mar-a-lago last monday. so during this hearing there was a media lawyer advocating for transparency here, saying the judge is in the place of the media, in the place of the public and becomes the gatekeeper here for what is released widely. but the judge also was hearing from the justice department, from jay bratt, the head of counter intel, one of the top attorneys that w...

18 former trump administration officials spoke exclusively with cnn to refute trump's attempted defense for stashing top secret papers at mar-a-lago. and the long-time chief financial officer for the trump organization pleads guilty for his role in a tax fraud scheme. allen weisselberg agreeing to testify against the former president's company but not against trump or his family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with new moves by a federal judge to give the public more information about...

rinehart is giving the justice department one week to decide which item in the affidavit against the former president should remain sealed and which should be released. the justice department is likely to ask for a lot of different redactions here. they say this case is still very much in the works. they are also worried that information released could put some witnesses who are cooperating with the government at risk. >> citing intense interest in the case against former president donald trump today lawyers from multiple media outlets argued for the government town seal a criminal a...

more inside as to what led to the approval for that search warrant and the what the underlying basis for this criminal investigation is. abby, we've just hit noon. we're expecting more activity on the court's docket very shortly. we'll keep checking it and get back to you as soon as something is filed. >> jessica, stand by. we'll get back with you as soon as you have that document. joining me around the table is elliott williams and cnn legal and national security analyst carrie cordero. while everybody is hitting refresh right now, we have a moment where the judge in this case has s...

the investigation. walk us through some of the key revelations in here. >> well, the reason why the fbi went to mar-a-lago just over two weeks ago to do this unusual -- this highly unprecedented search was because after reviewing the 15 boxes that were retrieved earlier this year from mar-a-lago an sent back to the national archives, they found 184 unique documents bearing classification markings. that's a lot of documents that were being stored in an unsecured environment in the basement at the former president's beach house in palm beach. that's the bottom line of why the fbi was s...