search warrant served on monday. that s right, victor. we didn t expect attorney general merrick garland to come out today but he is going to be making a statement from the justice department building in downtown washington. they haven t disclosed yet exactly what it is going to be about, but you re right, there has been pressure building in recent days since this search on monday, this unprecedented search of a former president s home, that we are watching to see whether garland may want to make a statement about this. now, this isn t something that the justice department typically would comment on. it is an ongoing investigation. we don t believe that there have been charges brought at this time. we haven t seen any emerge from this. it s also about national security issues. on top of that, garland is not the type of attorney general that makes a lot of public statements, does a lot of press conferences, even whenever there were charges for seditious conspiracy, another u
dividing line. when police officers don t show up to work, they get fired. that s how it should be for senators, too. as chief, i showed up every day and rereduced violent crime by 40%. marco rubio is one of the worst at showing up. and when he does, he hurts florida. instead of voting to condemn radicals who want to abolish police, demings refused. that s not just wrong. it s dangerous. maybe she used to be a cop, but in washington val demings is just another radical rubber stamp. new and important reporting on the justice department s case against donald trump. cnn is now learning this: federal investigators had already served a grand jury subpoena back in june at mar-a-lago. at that meeting the fbi took away sensitive national security documents. so then why the unprecedented search warrant this week? well, cnn is told the fbi developed evidence in part through at least one witness that there were still classified documents stashed at the wall pam palm beach reso
the economy that will be a welcome relief to americans everywhere. but will it last? hello and welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with major new developments in our politics lead. just a short time ago, attorney general merrick garland said the justice department filed a request to unseal the search warrant for the former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. the doj s first public comments since that unprecedented search on monday. he also said he personally approved the decision to seek the search warrant, and that the department does not take this kind of move lightly. he also defended his colleagues against what he called unfounded attacks. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic, public servants. his appearance today comes amid a flood of other new details. sources tell cnn that federal investigators previously served a g
in what led to that aggressive unprecedented action taken by the fbi? we know former president trump seemed to be corporating with the feds regarding his presidential records. his team had already transferred 15 boxes earlier this year but the wall street journal reports things started to escalate earlier in the summer. what changed? newsweek claims there was someone inside mar-a-lago that told them exactly where they could find more documents. the magazine writing this, the raid in mar-a-lago was based largely from information from an fbi confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former president trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, meanwhile, attorney general merrick garland is under growing pressure after the judge who approved the raid is refusing to let the d.o.j. stay silent. he s not giving the department until monday to answer requests to unseal the search warrant. that sounds like a call for tran
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