point and what it tells us about the investigations, ongoing into the former president. tonight with the context the former democrat senator and us district attorney doug jones katy balls the deputy political editor of the spectator and the republican strategist doug heye. hello welcome to the programme. it is unprecedented. never before, at least in the modern age, have federal agents searched the home of a former president. the warrant that was executed on mar a lago yesterday, while donald trump was in new york, would have required close collaboration between the fbi and the secret service guarding him, and no doubt it was signed off by the attorney general, merrick garland. but what were the agents looking for? and why the sudden urgency? what we do know, is that when donald trump left the white house last year, there were thousands of documents still in his possession, some of them classified. the washington post reported, that injanuary, 15 of those boxes were r
the washington post reported, that injanuary, 15 of those boxes were retrieved. injune the doj visited mar a lago to speak with the former presidents lawyers about other boxes that were stored on site. last night eric trump told fox news the search was related to the handling of those presidential documents. banana republic antics. having the home of the 45th president of the united states rated by fbi agents, sais broken open. they know he s poised to win. and guess what? that threatens them, that threatens who they are and they will do anything they can to take him out. trump was quick to politicise what had taken place. his beautiful home was he said under siege, raided and occupied by a justice system weaponized by radical left democrats . what is the difference between this and watergate , he asked. well, a few things. watergate was a third rate burglary, by men connected to nixon s campaign.
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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. no one is above the law, said the us attorney general, that includes a former president. but the fbi s search of maralago has deepened the political divide in washington. neither the fbi nor the department ofjustice have commented the white house says it found about the search from media reports. senior republicans have rallied behind the former president and eric trump backs his father to run again. i hope, and i m saying this for the first time, i hope he goes out and beats these guys again. because honestly, this country can t survive this nonsense. over the next half hour we ll analyse how we got to this
continue. on thursday the cfo was indicted on 15 charges related to an alleged 15-year tax scheme fp indictment also alleges that illegal activity involved other in unnamed executives for employees. they pleaded not guilty to all the charges. great to see you. let s start with the trump s organization defense and basically what they say, last night eric trump, the son of former president went on tv and said something to the effect of fringe benefits, big deal. yesterday, the trump organization attorneys went to the microphone and said this is a political prosecution because they say the attorney general even when running for her post had said that she would get donald trump and they claim she doesn t like him or his politics. do either of those defenses hold