to be blindsided by this announcement to say, hey, court, they want to see the receipts. they ve contacted out that attorney apparently for advice and they are considering asking the judge to even block the request by the doj to make that unsealed. that move would seem a bit odd, wouldn t it? trump himself was publicly revealing that the search even took place and then he blasted it as politically motivated and there was republican allies in congress and right-wing media who pushed his accusations. might add, not too highly. they dehanded transparency. merrick garland as the attorney general is calling trump s bluff, isn t he? the justice department has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was a premises located in florida belonging to the former president. the department did not make any public statements on the day of the
mar-a-lago home. tonight, the washington post is quoting sources who are saying that investigators are searching for classified nuclear documents and other items. that there was some deep concern among officials about material potentially ending up in the wrong hands. sources don t say if such documents were recovered, but this follows an extraordinary move by the attorney general, merrick garland. he asked a federal court to unseal the warned that permitted the search to take place in the first place. sitting off a quick chain of events tonight. a source saying that a trump and his team appear to be blindsided by this announcement to say hey, we want to see the receipts. they ve contacted attorneys independently for advice and considering asking the judge to even block the request by the doj to make that unsealed. that move would seem a bit odd, wouldn t it? trump himself was publicly revealing that the search even took place. he blasted it as politically motivated. there
counsel, who was on site during the search. see, that part, that you had the actual warrant, the receipt of the inventory. it was not only given to the people on the premises, but there was a lawyer for trump there as well. he could have released that and the receipt anytime he wanted, but of course he chose not to, because, well, maybe it s politically advantageous to hype up the search, is what he called it. the raid. i m not saying there s not room for concern or reasons to look at this as the idea of trying to explain further the lie and what s happening next. we might get that in due time. he s been claiming that he is a victim of a government vendetta. he s actually raising money off of that claim as well. this is probably playing into garland s move to make the documents public. the department filed a motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former presidents public confirmation of the search, surrounding circumstances, and
due time. but he has been claiming he is a victim of a government vendetta and he has actually raising money off of that claim as well. i mean, this is probably playing into garland s move to make the documents public. the department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter. yeah, i would say it s substantial. it is very substantial. you know what? we should know a lot more about doj s request by tomorrow because it s been told they have been told to inform the court by 3:00 p.m. if trump o o opposes releasing the documents. a lot to talk about. evan perez, chief political ana ana analyst gloria borger and elie honig. you all probably thought you would have a nice dinner today