emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before an election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november, writing attorney general garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. merrick garland, chris wray, come to the house judiciary committee this friday and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant? what were you really doing? what were you looking for? why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you re after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search began monday morning. his son eric said he alerted trump about what was unfolding in florida. the purpose of the raid from what they said is because the n
landscape. the justice department set off a nuclear bomb on that landscape yesterday. this is no longer a business as usual campaign, not even close. so wolf, this is just a very clear example of how republicans are rallying around trump and trying to use this to their political advantage. michael summemerconish into conversation. how could this end up benefitting the former president? we re speculating what this is about. but former president trump, he knows what this is about because arguably his attorneys and he have seen the warrant. so he can assess this damage far better than we can. if it s about the presidential records act, then unless there some stunning documentation in those 15 boxes, i think he can derive great political benefit from this. i think he ll probably announce sooner than he otherwise would have. and here will be the tell, wolf. look not only at his fundraising, but for what cause he is fundraising.