that you are anchoring tonight, i m very glad that you are just building on what chuck rosenberg said. the crown jewel of our democracy is the transfer of power, and the electoral count act is a lot, to sow is obstructing an official proceeding. and i think the tsunami of questions, far away the revelations on a tight night like tonight. but i think what we know now is that the precious news with which we thought lisa monaco viewed the ex president may be a mirage, may not be real. they view the potential for a criminal act, or crime to have been committed by that possession of classified materials a mar-a-lago, to be blind to the fact that the home at which those classified documents may be scrawled away in, in a safe where it is at the ex presidents house. we may just be learning the
department of justice. you made this point that i want to sort of amplify, rachel. two branches of government are involved in a search warrant. the executive branch, the fbi, and department of justice have asked permission, and the judicial branch which grants permission. this is not just some fbi agent off by herself seeking to search the former presidents home, highly scrutinized, we history the united states department of justice. and, then approval by a federal judge. chuck, i started making calls and texting people as soon as the news broke tonight. and, in addition to yourself, i spoke to another former very high-ranking doj official. he told me a couple of things that i just wanted to run by, this is a person who s not comfortable being identified publicly, but was living the
official, in the first into a immediately get in touch with a nights like this to make sure that i have the legal part of this, at least, under my belt, and i can explain it in a way that is going to make sense to other non lawyer such as myself. chuck, my friend, thanks for being with us tonight. well, thank you for having me, rachel. first, let me just get your top line reaction to this rate. tell me if i ve said anything thus far that doesn t strike you as correct, in terms of the way these procedures work. telling what you think about the seriousness of this? so, your explanation at the opening we are showing spot on, i m not sure why you need me. i will say this, it s astonishing. just step back for a moment, and recognize that the department of justice went to a federal judge and got a search warrant for the home of a former president. putting aside what s in the affidavit, putting asidewhat crime they specified, putting all that aside, this is not something, and this is an
that apply once here lawfully in the home. now, this is an outlandish example, but if they sought off shotgun or math on the kitchen table, in distribution amounts, you can seize it because it s in plain view. but more recently or rationally, if you find other documents or other investigations were avenues, and there are lawfully seized by lawfully present agents. yes, rachel, fair game. chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official, and justice department official chuck, thank you very much for time this evening. invaluable as always, but particularly tonight on this historic night, thank you. my pleasure. when this news broke tonight, one of the other people i immediately wanted to speak with, is a colleague who is on vacation. i, however, am i cool and unusual colleague who decided i would pursue anyway, even though she s not supposed to be working tonight, even though i must hear her reaction to this news. she is nicole wallace, the host of deadline white house, my friend who s
lawfully taking documents, because it s listed in the search warrant and being potential evidence of the crime that you re investigating, then sure, it s all fair game, there are a number of doctrines that apply once you re lawfully in a lome, plain view, if you wanted them. this is an outlandish example but if they saw a sawed off shotgun on the kitchen table and meth in distribution amounts, you can seize it because it is in plain view but more reasonably, and more rationally, if you find other documents that lead you to other investigations, or avenues, and they re lawfully seized by lawfully present agents yes, rachel, fair game. chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official and justice department official, thank you very much for your time. invaluable as always but particularly tonight in this historic night. thank you. my pleasure. when this news broke tonight, one of the other people i immediately wanted to speak with is a colleague who is on vacation. i however am a cruel a