judge permitting them to enter. the search by a large uniformed team ununiformed team, excuse me, took hours and included getting into trump s safe. mr. trump who announced the search in a statement on his website railed against it claiming prosecutorial misconduct and political persecution. he was in manhattan at the time in preparation for an upcoming deposition, part of the civil investigation by the new york state attorney s office into his organization s finances. the former president s lawyer was at the scene in florida and called it an unannounced raid to seize paper. white house officials tell nbc news they had no prior knowledge and justice department officials are refusing to comment. we have the story completely covered throughout this hour, including a deep dive with legal experts and historian michael beschloss, as well as the political fallout. we begin with nbc s kerry sanders, ken dilanian, ryan reilly and josh daucey. we did hear from donald trump during
it s possible that trump could ask the court to reconsider this ruling and that there could be some additional appellate maneuvering that might stay the time a little bit. but this is a very compelling 30-plus page opinion from the court of appeals. they definitely go through each of trump s claims and reject them holding that when the law says that materials shall be turned over to the committee, it means that they shall be turned over as long as there s a legitimate legislative purpose. and they say the committee is well within its rights here, because it has authority over presidential audit measures. it looks like one way or the other, the committee will get what it s asked for soon. chuck, last night you said you were astonished by this happening. you found it astonishing. you also talked about how meticulous it has to be in this case to meet the standard and that merrick garland, contrary