this. merrick garland, chris wray, come to the house judiciary committee this friday and answer our questions about this action today, which had never happened in american history back of what was what are you looking for? when i talk to president trump and have him give the information you re after? jim jordan exercised in a way that i have never seen him. this is from kevin mccarty. is as attorney general garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. i seen an uptick of the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization pack of republicans take back the house, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts and leave no stone unturned. here s kayleigh mcenany. this is very scary. there is a trend, never before used statues used to go after? donald trump national security advisor, donald trump campaign
director. harris: let s think about the political things that are coming here. the raids 91 days out from the mid-term election. mccarthy tweeted this. when republicans take back the house, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department and leave no stone unturned. chief legal correspondent shannon bream joins me now. great to see you, shannon. let s start with how this can happen. what form of documents did they need? how did this come about? harris, great to see you this morning. it comes through the f.b.i. and speculation how it went through d.o.j. most people think to get together to go for a warrant the attorney general himself probably would have known. it would have been unusual that he wouldn t have been tipped off to this whole situation. they went through a federal magistrate judge. it is a federal judge position but not an appointed, confirmed
included dozens of fbi agents despite the fact that as most legal scholars have pointed out could have all been done by way of subpoena and coordinated documents surrender. here is kayleigh mcenany. this is very scary. there is a trend never before used statutes used in a fashion to go after, who? political enemies. donald trump s national security adviser. donald trump s campaign manager, and in the former president of the united states himself. wow! they say banana republic, i think it s an understatement because it really feels like we are there and beyond. meanwhile, republicans on capitol hill are threatening to exact justice did or when they seize the rains of congress in january. republicans take back the housement we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts and leave no stone unturned. attorney general garland reserve your documents and clear your
attention, calling for an immediate probe should they flip the house in november. he said he s seen enough. and says when republicans take back the house we ll conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the act and leave no stone unturned. attorney general garland preserve your documents and clear your calendar. very firm warning coming from leader mccarthy there. and i think republicans are serious, and look positioned to take over the house, senate less so but maybe. and in november. i think on the flip side that supporters of this move say there has to be something else big there that this is leading to and the cause may be the classified documents but maybe they are searching for something else that they think they have. that s all speculation, and we can t get down that road without the facts and we ll stick to facts here. here is a fact. this politically is a bombshell and it is going to fire up both
mccarthy who has been very critical of the justice department. brianna, i want to read you what he posted on twitter yesterday. he said attorney general garland preserve your documents and clear your calendar. i ve seen enough. the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicalization, when republicans take back the house, we conduct immediate oversight of this department and follow the facts and leave no stone unturned. that s coming after house minority leader kevin mccarthy has promised to launch a number of oversight investigations if republicans retake the congressional majority this fall. now, he s adding to that ever growing plate of possible probes saying they will be looking into the justice department s handling of this unprecedented raid on a former president s residence. gabby, great reporting. thank you so much. thank you. all right, joining us now to discuss the legal implications, elie honig, cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor.