Good evening, everyone. I'm Abby Philip, and this is a special edition of CNN Tonight.

No need to worry. The bathroom door is locked. That is actually one of the defenses Donald

Trump's allies are using to assure all of us that national security was not at risk

at his resort home. But tonight, we are going to show you why the indictment of the former

president may be more of a national security case than a document or even an obstruction

one. Trump's lawyers asking the Department of Justice for security clearances as the

judge sets a new deadline for them to do so. And why is that? Because the material that

led to the very first federal indictment of a former president is about as sensitive

as it gets.

Was that a good look for the former president to have boxes in a bathroom?

I don't know. Is it a good picture to have boxes in a garage that opens up all the

time? A bathroom door locks.

There are 33 bathrooms at Mar-a-Lago. So don't act like it's just in some random bathroom

that the guests can go into. That's not true.

Well, to be fair, it's unclear how easy it is to breach the bathrooms at Mar-a-Lago.

But what is true and proven is how vulnerable that resort really is. Back in February of

2017, Trump openly discussed in North Korean missile launch with the Japanese Prime Minister

in the dining room, looking at a laptop that could be seen by diners and wait staff. And

later that year in April, Trump hosted the Chinese president in a living area of the

Great Hall near resort members and guests. And in that same month, Trump launched an

impromptu situation room to watch a U.S. missile strikes on Syria. And experts at the time

questioned the setup and those who surrounded him. And in 2018, a college student screened

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