there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so, the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute the search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure to say something publicly about why the fbi conducted the search. the calls are not just coming from outside the justice department. cnn has learned some officials within the doj believe the department should provide a public statement. they argue internally the silence is harmful to the department and the public s interest. that s in part because donald trump and his allies have filled the void with angry speculative rhetoric. to that point, the ex-president puts out baseless accusations today that the fbi, quote, planted incriminating material before searching his residence, trying to cast this as some sort of conspiracy against him. trump or his team have a copy of the search warrant. normally it does list the items to be seized
grant funding and more as we do in other locations. but anderson, abbott has not shown any plan to stop the busses anytime soon. the news continues. i wanna hand it over to sara sidner. i am sara sidner, this is cnn tonight. we will take you to the moment this, legal twists and turns of donald trump and the country are now experiencing. first, there is new reporting this evening related to the unprecedented search of trump s primary home. there are so many questions yet to be answered about what led fbi agents to marlar go on monday and also who may have led them there. the wall street journal is now reporting that there was an informant, someone familiar with documents stored at the trump residence, who told investigators that there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute a search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure now
important, two u.s. citizens, you have to control the operation to make sure there is no risk to the citizens. you would sacrifice the intelligence if you thought there was an imminent threat to bolton or pompeo. so, what does that tell you? the fact this case has been running for a couple of years tells me that the fbi owned the case from the start. that is, they had the confidential human source, the informant within the case, they were watching the case develop. the iranians thought they were running a case. in fact, the fbi was managing the case from the outset. and the reason that the fbi wanted it to run, the reason that i think it was the right decision to let it run is if you want to take that case to a court, you ve got to be able to say this wasn t just talk, this wasn t just guys who were bragging. these were people who had information about u.s. officials outlined in the indictment willing to pay, willing to have conversations. the fbi wanted to let it run so that when they
threat to pompeo or bolton. let s cut to the chase. the fact that this case has been running for a few years tells me that the fbi owned the case from the start. they had the confidential human source, the informant within the case. they re watching the case develop. the iranians thought they were running a case, and in fact, the fbi was managing the case from the outset, and the reason the fbi wanted everyone, the reason i think it was the right decision to let it run, if you re gonna take the case to court, you have to be able to say this wasn t just talk, it wasn t just bragging, these were people who had information about u.s. officials outlined in the indictment, willing to pay, willing to have conversations. the fbi wanted to let it run so that when they went to court, a defense attorney could not try the case to shreds. this is fascinating. the iranians never ran the case. the fbi did, sarah. let me ask you.
suddenly manafort is a liar. cohen is pleading guilty as well. michael flynn is going to have that after more than a year. all the time that giuliani thought they were buying time have sold time to mueller s investigation and said you have given us time to have our case develop. for me, i m looking at how michael flynn, cohen and manafort fit together with the president of the u.s. s written comments. he cannot back pedal and escape his own things in writing. that jigsaw puzzle may be complete. written in stone. thanks so much to both of you. a trade war ceasefire. the u.s. and china reaching a truce for 90 days, but questions loom on what they agreed upon. how russian state is trolling president trump after the g-20 summit and the cancelling of the meeting with vladimir putin. welcome to the place where people go