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this morning. a judge has given donald trump s legal team until 3:00 p.m. to respond to the justice department s motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt from the mar-a-lago search. overnight, trump posted on his social media platform that he would not oppose the release of the documents. in fact, he says, quote, he would encourage their immediate release. now, that s what he says. but remember, he s had the documents since monday. and he could have released them at any point himself. he still could. he doesn t have to wait until 3:00 p.m. he could release them right now. also, remember, what he said in the past about wanting to release his tax returns. and ultimately not doing it. we ll see. we ll see. as of now, his attorney says it doesn t appear they will object to the release. so attorney general merrick garland says he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant for trump s mar-a-lago home. what may be the most extraordinary of all ....
release. as we have seen, just because trump says it doesn t mean it s true. he had the documents since monday. he could have released them at any point himself. he hasn t. so as of now his attorney says it doesn t appear that they would object to the release. attorney general merrick garland says he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant for trump s mar-a-lago home. also developing overnight, potentially significant, very significant reporting by the washington post, this is what it says, quote, classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in a search of former president trump s flores dense on monday. that s according to people familiar with the investigation. now, this could elevate the concern over these documents in an enormous way. joining us now is washington post intelligence and national security report er shane harris part of the team that broke this story. explain more what you and your team ....
Mishandling, if you will, by joe biden and his team, damaged national security. there are requests from the house oversight committee. also requests from the democratic chair of senate intelligence. that s bipartisan. it is. it should be. we need to then point out the hypocrisy that where were republicans with the same questions after the mar-a-lago search and seizure of the documents there? the hypocrisy is on display. i think what we will see we see develop is the president lean into his strengths. president biden, he is seen by the american people as authentic and sincere and honest. i think you will see him with that spirit of cooperation say, look, we have been acting in good faith. to the extent you want to compare this with former president trump, we believe he has been acting in bad faith. bidn cooperated, turned over documents. trump tried to hide the documents, lied to the court about the documents, can t decide if he declassified them or not. maybe biden should welcome a ....
Whether or not elections are certified are not. i think the civil war motif, don, is why she brought up mar-a-lago. i think she wanted to tie, it sounded like, in a speech, donald trump releasing the name of fbi agents. and then the violence, or the threats, warning that has been put out since the mar-a-lago search and seizure of his property. i think she wanted to tie in the real violence we ve, seen and the threats of violence that we ve heard about, from the government, to this whole notion of this brewing potential civil war. i do think though she was a truth teller tonight. that s the other thing that liz cheney has on her side. she has the truth. she has the truth about the 2020 election. so when she cites these republican nominees who have won their primaries, who deny the truth about the 2020 election, she has that on her side. and i think she leaned and sort of to being a truth teller ....
Results of her blood draw on friday. so that is also in a development we re monitoring. not charged with anything yet, but they are investigating it as a felony. chloe melas, thank you for being on this for us. please keep us posted. i will. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, august 12th. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. the trump legal team is staring at a 3:00 p.m. deadline today to respond to the justice department s motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt from the mar-a-lago search and seizure. overnight, trump posted on his social media platform that he would not oppose the release of documents. in fact, he would, quote, encourage their immediate ....