does in fact lose, what does that tell you about the state of the republican party and donald trump s hold over it? well, it tells you, look, i ve experienced some of it myself. when i would not support trump, would not go to the convention, a lot of democrats that were praising me, a lot of republicans very angry. and to some degree it remains even today. but one has to do what one feels one has to do. she felt very strongly that she needed to vote for impeachment. she feels very strongly that this man should not be in the oval office ever again. and, you know, bianna, in politics, if you re driven by something that is rational, something that makes sense, if you re driven that way, you re prepared to live with the results. but even if she loses this election, which she is expected to do, she s not going to fade away. there is plenty of opportunities for liz cheney. but i ll bet at the end of the day she wouldn t trade what she has done for all the elections
mar-a-lago under seal. now, you have described releasing this, up sealing it as a game changer. how so? well, bianna, it is completely unusual to have a document like this unsealed at this early point in the case. if this comes out, we are going to see chapter and verse exactly how doj prosecutors establish probable cause to a judge. this is going to be a long written narrative document, it is going to lay out doj s evidence in a way that doj as a rule never reveals in the early stages or during an ongoing investigation. as a prosecutor, i absolutely would have taken the same position that doj has taken now, which is to reveal this will interfere with our investigation in irreparable ways and by the way, it is not fair to the rights of the accused or the people being investigated for us to issue a detailed statement of why we think they may be guilty, even though we have not charged them yet. another development, lots for folks at home to keep track of, rudy giuliani and his appear
he asks of senator lindsey graham and kevin mccarthy and here is how they responded. they said they didn t care about their legacy. they said their legacy would be losing and mccarthy referenced jeff flake, a critic of former president trump who retired in 2017, and he said, no one is putting up any statues to flake at the capitol, and muttered something similar about mark sanford, the former house republican and governor of south carolina. so how do you respond to that mindset? i think it is so shallow. look, bianna, when you whenever it is, whether you re in news, business, whether you re in politics, whether you re in sports, when you follow your conscience and stand, that means you check with other people to say am i off target, she is clearly not off target. and you got to be prepared to live with the results. but you would be very proud of yourself. i m very proud of the stuff that i ve done in my political career.
today. i m bianna dolegolodryga. and i m jim sciutto. at this hour starts right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, new moves in the now multiple probes surrounding donald trump and his allies. liz cheney fighting for her seat in congress as the republican says this isn t about just an election, it is about the truth. and the first lady tests positive for covid, just days after president biden recovered from the virus. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. we begin with a string of developments in the investigations surrounding former president trump. the justice department is opposing efforts by media organizations including cnn to unseal the affidavit that was used to obtain fbi warrant to search donald trump s mar-a-lago
and viewers at home. we appreciate it. also new thrn mois morning,e is a new case of coronavirus in the white house, in this case the first lady, dr. jill biden. arlette, how is the first lady feeling? reporter: well, bianna and jim, first lady jill biden is experiencing mild symptoms after testing positive for covid-19. that s according to her communications director elizabeth alexander. the first lady started experiencing these symptoms last evening. and after testing negative on an antigen test, she tested positive on a pcr test. now, in a statement released by elizabeth alexander, she wrote that the first lady is double vaccinated, twice boosted and only experiencing mild symptoms. she has been prescribed a course of paxlovid and following cdc guidance will isolate from others for five days. the first lady and president biden has been spending the past week since last tuesday here at a private residence a short ways