ally s phone. and a judge s ruling that trump s tax returns can go to house lawmakers. each headline a major development on its own in the legal sphere. here is the big picture when it comes to the legal pressures trump is facing. two department of justice probes. one involving classified documents. the other january 6th. there is also the house select committee investigation into his role in the insurrection. then in georgia trump s infamous fine the votes phone call, the crux of an election interference case. then there is his taxes, his finances. there are three separate investigations here and, today, there was a deposition involving the civil probe in new york. that is where we want to begin with cnn s kara. would the former president answer questions or would he assert the fifth? he chose the latter. reporter: yeah. that is right. that was the big question this morning. donald trump arrived here about four hours ago. he is in the building just over my shoulder at the
companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats against law enforcement. now, this was sent to the eight executives of
also ahead for you, tent city, sleeping on the streets, where leaders are making homelessness a crime, but are their tactics only complicating the problem? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start in our politics lead. and strong reaction to the justice department s historic move. a search warrant executed on the home of a former president. taking boxes of items from donald trump s mar-a-lago home, a source tells cnn. the warrant escalates the justice department s investigation into his handling of presidential documents, including some classified material. with many republicans today questioning why the fbi executed this warrant now. at the time, trump himself was in new york, where a single photo outside trump tower today captures the mixed reaction. look at this. one group with a large sign that reads, arrest trump. while another group carried a flag reading trump 24, save america. on paper, trump blasted the search saying in a statement, ag
the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago home still the biggest story in the country. a big development over an hour ago regarding the search al mar-a-lago. the judge who approved the search warrant will hear argument as 1:00 p.m. thursday about whether to unseal the search warrant affidavit. the doj has asked a judge to keep it sealed while the former president wants it released. while we re focused on the former president s legal troubles, he s not the only one in the trump orbit facing legal entanglements. rudy giuliani is now a target in georgia s 2020 election probe and is scheduled to go before a special grand jury tomorrow. another longtime trump ally, allan weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges in a tax case tied to the manhattan das office. we just learned former white house lawyer eric hirsh man who testified before the house january 6th committee has been subpoenaed in the doj s insurrection probe. trump acknowledged the temperature needs to be to
companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats