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
insight into former president trump s strategy in this ongoing back and forth over the documents kept at mar-a-lago. and the legal advice and from whom he s getting from conservative activist tom fitton. one person close to the former president said once trump took fitton s advice, quote, it was all downhill from there. this was sources tell cnn trump and his allies have become increasingly concerned about the potential legal implications from all this. plus, president biden fresh off what democrats believe are a winning streak, kicking off the midterm campaign season with a fiery speech in maryland. the president rebuked some trump-supporting republicans calling the extreme maga philosophy as it is known semifascism. his terms. so a lot to get to this morning. our reporters, correspondents are here covering all of the top stories this morning. let s begin on what we will get from doj sometime in the next three hours with our senior justice correspondent evan perez. talk ab
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her race because that is what years actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of general responsibility where their refusal t
out of the state of wyoming, where earlier tonight liz cheney was defeated by a trump backed primary challenger. congresswoman cheney concede her race because that is what you are actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of th