Just reporting just now, to your point about the number of the scope of this, there were 300 classified documents, apparently, at Mar-a-Lago, which, again, I think that, yeah, what do you make of that number?

That's a lot. And so, 300 pages, you know, just, you know, a basement stairway away in an open, you know,

beach house is not where you would want that information, especially in the hands of somebody

who President Biden deemed should not even be able to receive classified information.

Not where you'd want that information.

Good morning and welcome to way too early.

I'm Cathy Kay, in for Jonathan Lemire on this Tuesday, August the 23rd, and let's start with

the news.

We begin with that reporting on what sparked the FBI search for classified materials at Mar-a-Lago

two weeks ago.

Sources tell the New York Times the government has recovered more than 300 documents

marked as classified from Donald Trump so far.

The first batch, which was returned in January, included more than 150 classified documents.

According to the Times, quote,

the number ignited intense concern at the

Justice Department and helped trigger the criminal investigation that led FBI agents to swoop into

Mar-a-Lago this month seeking to recover more. Multiple people briefed on the matter tell the Times,

the former president personally went through 15 boxes before

handing them over in January. The paper quotes reports quote, the highly sensitive nature of some of

the material in the boxes prompted archives officials to refer the matter to the Justice Department,

which within months had convened a grand jury investigation.

The government retrieved a second set of documents from the former president's aides in June,

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