“Deep concern” in White House about classified documents taken by Trump

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 20 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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White House officials are worried. Amid serious National security concerns, Trump’s legal team cannot answer who had access to the Mar-a-Lago storage room where classified documents were retrieved. Former Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is among the 18 former Trump officials who say the former president’s claim of having a standing order to declassify documents is patently false. He tells Alisyn Camerota why the claim is so ludicrous and discusses his experience of how Trump handled classified documents.Plus, as the country heads towards the midterms, the panel discusses how the Democrats are banking on legislative wins for a November rebound and Mitch McConnell’s playing down of the GOP Senate takeover chances. And, six parents of elementary school students join CNN Tonight to talk about their worries their kids will be victims of a school shooting, solutions to gun violence, and arming teachers with guns.Hosted by Alisyn Camerota. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Allison Kamerata.
0:02.0	This is CNN Tonight.
0:03.6	White House officials are worried CNN has learned about the trove of classified and top secret
0:08.6	materials found in former President Donald Trump's home.
0:12.4	The Biden White House has been virtually silent publicly on the danger that those sensitive
0:17.8	documents pose, but a senior administration member says that privately, officials are expressing
0:23.0	deep concern about the material that Trump was trying to hang on to.
0:27.0	And according to a source, US intelligence officials are also worried about whether
0:31.6	any of it puts their sources in methods at risk.
0:34.7	We still do not know who had access to the classified materials in the basement of
0:39.4	Mar-a-Lago.
0:40.7	Even Trump's own lawyer cannot answer that question.
0:46.0	And only one or two people had access to that room to your knowledge?
0:50.2	That's my understanding.
0:52.0	I mean, I would have to check with, you know, the maintenance of that area, but my understanding
0:55.8	is a very small number of people that could get in there.
0:58.9	Okay.
0:59.9	Did the maintenance staff have access to that room?
1:02.8	Did Trump's family have access?
1:04.8	Did Rudy Giuliani?
1:06.7	Trump's lawyer also tried to claim that getting into Mar-a-Lago is tough.
1:11.1	So is secure in and of itself, you know, just getting on to the compound is hard.
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