classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 12th, i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump s home, people familiar with the investigation tell the washington post that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here s reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago during the search. is it your understanding that there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s right. i don t believe they were. and if they thought do you know for a fact? do you know for a fact they were, have you spoken to the president about it? i have not speci
what a week. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson with us. and columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, will join us in a moment. joe, just a reminder of why the justice department might be a little concerned about nuclear secrets knocking around mar-a-lago. there was the time that trump spilled highly classified information to russia s foreign minister. or when he tweeted a highly classified satellite photo of an iranian space facility. or when he sided with the kremlin over america s own intelligence agencies. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it s russia. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. yeah. so with that in mind, we begin with new information on the fbi s search of donald trump s home in florida. people familiar with the investigation te
brief, spare, objective and at times even honestly dry terms what exactly they are doing, and that this grave step was taken carefully after the attorney general says they exhausted the other less intrusive options and, he put it on record for the nation, that he personally approved of this legal measure. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such a decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means. less intrusive means is exactly what the doj was, according to garland, doing up until this search. now, he spoke for just a few minutes. he took no questions. he emphasized that prosecutors will continue to approach this case with independent, nonpartisan rigor to uphold the rule of law. upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. under my watch, that is precisely what the justice department is doing. there you have it. it may
we knew someone would identify that vehicle for us can which is exactly what happened. i love playing. i can t do this forever. sounds as though the u.s. open later this month will be her final tournament. it is wednesday, august 10, in washington the republican outrage machine is in high gear after the fbi search of mar-a-lago. trump allies are calling for attorney general miles per hour rick garland and fbi director christopher wray to be removed from office. republicans want answer after the first ever search of a former president s private home. meanwhile a source tells cnn investigators carried out the search because they suspected trump and his team were withholding documents that have national security implications. they also believer the trump team was not being completely truthful with investigators. another source tells cnn the fbi subpoenaed and received surveillance video of mar-a-lago from the trump organization. this is said to be related to the docume
the illegal server taking the fifth, i think it s disgraceful. have you seen what is going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! the lawyers are deposing trump in a civil investigation by the new york attorney general. she s looking into the donald trump organization s allegedly misleading of lenders and insurers and tax authorities by providing inaccurate financial statements. add this to the list of legal troubles facing the former president. including a probe of documents. monday s search has his supporters urging him to move up the announcement of the 2024 run. cnn has the latest on the deposition from outside the new york attorney general s office. what is the president saying about why he took the fifth? reporter: well, victor, as you have played in the montage, you can see it s a different tune today that the former president saying he s not answering questions and asserting his fifth amendment right. in a l