something went wrong in the intervening period which led to the search that happened at the former president s home in palm beach last week. evan, big picture this for us. why are these interviews with trump s former top two lawyers at the white house, why are they significant? first of all, these were two of several representatives of the former president named as people to be in touch with the national archives should anything like this happen. so they would be in the position to be the first to get contacted. the other part of this, jake, that i think is important for people to know is these two men would know the answer to the big question that i think a lot of us are asking, which is is it true that the former president had some kind of standing order to declassify documents? was it true that by simply sending documents from the west wing to the residence, did that deem them declassified? those are questions that these two men, as top counsels to the former president
it s now over a week after fbi agents descended on former president trump s florida home. new details are now emerging about the criminal investigation that prompted the search. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following all of these developments, including the high level witnesses who have now been questioned. reporter: tonight, new revelations that former president trump s two top white house lawyers interviewed with the fbi about classified documents at mar-a-lago. white house council pat cipollone and his deputy pat philbin were trump s designated representatives to the national archives when trump left office. they could have insight about what was taken to mar-a-lago and why 11 sets of classified documents remained there until last monday, when fbi agents searched trump s palm beach home. the new details come as the court fight for more information about the search is looming. a federal judge announcing he ll hold a hearing thursday on whether to publicl
interviewed the former top lawyers in the trump white house in connection with the investigation of classified documents taken to mar-a-lago. i ll get reaction from the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff, who is also a key member of the january 6th select committee. also this hour, one of the most prominent republican critics of trump is at risk of being ousted from congress. we re tracking liz cheney s primary battle in wyoming, and learning how she plans to confront trump, tonight, whether she win organization loses. and president biden just signed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill into law. we re going tell you what s next for the democrats and their efforts to build on this win as the midterm elections get closer and closer. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room.