as a progressive place. then there s the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party s nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners, including a maga governor candidate who s pushing claims of fraud, kari lake. those who do stand up to trump, including three who threatened to voted to impeach president trump. there s more at stake than a typical primary night, and a lot more issues. as the political guru s de la soul put it, issues close like an elevator door but open once we get to the next floor. as the stakes is high, you know the stakes is high. fact check, true. the stakes is high. it is primary election day in missouri, and several high profile races could help bring voter out to the polls. histor
during a call with house gop leader kevin mccarthy while the capitol was under siege on january 6th along with congressman the three had been facing trump s wrat. republicans in two of those states, arizona and wisconsin, set to make their picks for statewide offices in the next few weeks. arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. the washington post reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year s republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce
someone familiar with the stored papers told investigators there may still be more classified documents at the private club. so all of these new developments signal that there may have been additional material there, even after the former president turned over 15 boxes to the national archives earlier this year. we also have new reporting from cnn this morning that some justice and fbi officials internally have argued that staying silent on this search is harmful to the department, and the public s interest, in part because trump and his allies filled the void with their rhetoric, largely not fact-based on this. let s go to evan perez, he s been following the story. let s begin with the first thread from the wall street journal, which mentions this inside tip that led the feds to do this search. what more can you tell us? reporter: well, that s right, poppy. i m told similarly that the fbi had a witness who told them that there may have been additional classified docume
the economy that will be a welcome relief to americans everywhere. but will it last? hello and welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with major new developments in our politics lead. just a short time ago, attorney general merrick garland said the justice department filed a request to unseal the search warrant for the former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. the doj s first public comments since that unprecedented search on monday. he also said he personally approved the decision to seek the search warrant, and that the department does not take this kind of move lightly. he also defended his colleagues against what he called unfounded attacks. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic, public servants. his appearance today comes amid a flood of other new details. sources tell cnn that federal investigators previously served a g
this. it was essentially because donald trump went out and told the world that the fbi had done this search of his property in palm beach on monday. listen to him address exactly why he did this today. since i became attorney general i have made clear that the department of justice will speak through its court filings and its work. just now the justice department has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrants and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was of premises located in florida belonging to the former president. the department did not make any public statements on the day of the search. the former president publicly confirmed the search that evening as is his right. copies of both the warrant and the fbi property receipt were provided on the former president s counsel who was on site during the search. the search warrant was authorized by a federal court upon the