you ve got an fbi executing a search warrant on the home of a former president in a very distant path. i mean the immediate predecessor of the incumbent president. so, did you hear from the white house in anyway, caitlin, that the white house know about the search? we are told that the white house was unaware that basically they found out when everyone else found. out which was at about 7 pm eastern tonight when trump confirmed in a statement that the search warrant had been executed on his primary resident. we were told that it even includes president biden himself wasn t aware of it. that is what dana bash is being told by a senior administration official. so not just other officials inside of the white house but even including president biden himself unaware of this. so, that is remarkable doj we should know is not commenting right now on this we have reached out to them and we re still trying to learn more information on what was behind the search warrant. but they re not comment
today the fbi executing a search warrant at the former president trump s mar-a-lago resort. trump confirmed it himself tonight. that s how we know about it. he is claiming this is a witch hunt, but in order to get a search warrant like this, a prosecutor has to establish probable cause that a crime was committed. and i suspect an even higher standard, considering the former president of united states of america. joining me now is the co-author of the upcoming book, the divider. susan, i m so glad you are here tonight. what a night. it s big stories happening right now as we speak. what is your reaction to the fbi executing a search warrant at mar-a-lago? it certainly is a
there is a very whether or not there s ultimately ends up in an indictment or conviction, in the short term, the former president thinks this is a big it s hard to wrap your mind around it in some ways, shapes and forms, but has a political win within the realm of the gop. elliott, dana, thank you. my big question is always, not how could you do this, because of course, we know logistically how it can be done? i want to know, why did you do it? why did the affidavits say? why did you tell that judge? why did the judge say, yes, go in. that s what i m waiting to hear more about. you could spin it anywhere you want. i just want the dragnet. just the facts, ma am. thank you for being here. i will talk to you later, both of you. thank you so very much. it turns out that trump s top general thought trump was doing irreparable harm to the country. my next guest got their letter
people like the former defense secretary and head of the cia, people like a spurts on civil military relations, and they had a very different take and as civilians. they said, look, we don t have a tradition of resignation and protest with the uniformed military. bob gates said to milley very clearly, make them fiery you. do not resign, because that way, at least, everyone will know that you are trying to stand up and do the right thing. he also counseled milley to keep basically all of the joint chiefs on board with him so that trump would understand that if he crossed their red lines he would be forced to have all of the joint chiefs quit on him and not just one person. don t make it about one person. and of course, remember that the uniformed military, they are not political appointees. they are required to follow lawful orders to the commander-in-chief, and so in a way, you might risk politicizing the military so this argument goes, if you were to resign just because you
which is that there was an investigation into whether or not he mishandled potentially classified documents when he left the white house. now when it comes to search warrant that was executed today, it was confirmed by trump himself in a statement who said that a large number of fbi agents were there at mar-a-lago we are told that that was about maybe clocked that more nick that they were there and that it was a search that lasted for several hours. trump said in this that they say, quote, even broke with my. safe i m told that it was a safe that was in the presidents office. at mar-a-lago. it was obviously a large resort but there is a section that was reserved just for the president and his family. he has office, there gases residents there it is s primary residence since leaving the white house. when it comes to what exactly they re the investigators and if agents were actually educate it we were told it was tied to that investigation how it was handled. we re told it was taken