actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
bill that will know what the debt ceiling increase needs to be if you have to write it months in advance, and now we know it s the shell, and it turns out there s a new version of the interiors possibly over that shell that s been introduced every day by rich e. neal, as you go along, so that there will always be something. yeah, but we know what the contours of that would be. we ve been through this before, as you ve reported. that republicans consistently threatened this. so, it s not as if, unfortunately, where the process and the content that needs to go in. it s so fascinating, to me, to see this actually in action. and there came a point today is the day when it it had to become publicly revealed because today is the day that jim mcgovern was gonna go in there and file that rule, which
of the interiors possibly ovf that shell that s been introduced every day by rich e. neal, as you go along, so that there will always be something. yeah, but we know what the contours of that would be. we ve been through this before, as you ve reported. that republicans consistently threatened this. so, it s not as if, unfortunately, were not aware the process and the content that needs to go in. it s so fascinating, to me, to see this actually in action. and there came a point today is the day when it it had to become publicly revealed because today is the day that jim mcgovern was gonna go in there and file that rule, which is the key filing, which you could not, that couldn t be hidden from republicans. no, but the bill was public. well, so you say. you keep saying the bill was public, the bill was public.
implications, laura. i trust the person to give me information i m going to issue a subpoena, right? the idea that i m gonna go in, maybe unannounced if i don t think i have all the materials. but i m still curious as to why they thought that. but may have changed, pamela. you also learned that congressman scott perry s cell phone was actually seized by the fbi. this is a sitting member of congress. what can you tell us about that? this is another big step from the fbi seizing his cell phone. he released a statement saying that three fbi agents came to him while he was with his family and seized his phone. he says, in the statement, that the fbi hadn t reached out to his lawyers. but my colleague, caitlin balance has told a source that this is all part of the justice department s inspector general probe looking at jeffrey clark, the former doj official who tried to help trump overturn the election results. jeffrey clark is closely aligned with scott perry, this member of congress,
news station you turn into. but this princess. i think if you go either way i know the diversity committee has and lighten a lot of people about hearing from the former trump staffers and republicans about what they thought happened and why they thought our democracy was at stake. and there was a coup being attempted. people are going to have to decide, based on what information they are receiving, but i think to say exactly how this is gonna go is too early to know. and i think we won t necessarily know how it plays out. well look, the big lottery is already one, about two weeks ago. we don t have much more evident at the moment but you know what, we re gonna keep talking about it, scott, will, good to see both of you. i appreciate it. look, we re gonna keep bringing you new information on the fbi search of mar-a-lago. as it comes in tonight. but also coming into cnn, primary election results, from wisconsin and minnesota and vermont. and connecticut. stay with us.