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Anderson Cooper 360

Intel agencies began reviewing some Mar-a-Lago documents in May to assess classification level

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The intelligence community has been working with the FBI since mid-May to examine some of the classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in order to determine their level of classification, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe gives his perspective on the latest developments. And insight from ESPN tennis analyst and former professional tennis player Patrick McEnroe on what could likely be tennis great Serena Williams’ last U.S. Open. 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

New developments tonight in the battle over classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago,

0:05.8

including a former National Security Damage Assessment getting underway right now.

0:11.2

That's in addition to what we have just learned tonight was a similar effort which began

0:15.1

back in May on material handed over in January.

0:18.9

At the same time, the former president and his supporters are warning of consequences

0:22.7

if prosecutors pursue charges.

0:25.4

One is even adding that indictment's will, not could or might, but will spark rioting

0:30.6

in the streets.

0:32.0

John Berman here in Ferranderson and whatever you make of what some critics are calling

0:35.8

a thinly veiled threat of political violence, you should know that it comes from a Republican

0:40.7

member of the San Diego Judiciary Committee.

0:42.9

The former chairman, in fact, Lindsey Graham, speaking last night to former Republican congressman

0:47.5

Trey Gowdy.

0:48.5

I'll say this.

0:52.0

If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for misunderstanding classified information,

0:56.8

after the Clinton debacle which you presided over and did a hell of a good job, there'll

1:00.9

be riots in the streets.

1:03.5

Now the former Judiciary Chair did not follow that remark saying that, of course, such violence

1:08.0

would be wrong.

1:09.3

Instead, he repeated and amplified what he said.

1:12.5

And on his social media network, the former president reposted several attacks on the FBI

1:17.8

and a post of his own in what she appeared to be calling for an uprising within the

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