concealing. plus, at the incitement of violence against law enforcement as an fbi field office is attacked. plus, new reporting of trump s paranoia over so-called rats wearing wires at mar-a-lago. u.s. press secretary karine jean-pierre live in studio on us there is a big wins for the biden white house. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m alicia melendez, erin for chris hayes. today, attorney general merrick garland calls donald trump s bluff, speaking publicly for the first time since the fbi search at mar-a-lago, berlin of fat announced the department of justice is seeking to rig leased the search warrant and and accompanying list of items seized. at last, the former president objects. just, now the department of justice has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt leading to a court approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was a premise is located in florida
office is attacked. plus, new reporting of trump s paranoia over so-called rats wearing wires at mar-a-lago. u.s. press secretary karine jean-pierre live in studio on us there is a big wins for the biden white house. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m alicia melendez, in for chris hayes. today, attorney general merrick garland calls donald trump s bluff, speaking publicly for the first time since the fbi search at mar-a-lago, garland announced the department of justice is seeking to rig leased the search warrant and and accompanying list of items seized. unless the former president objects. just, now the department of justice has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt related to a court approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was a premise is located in florida belonging to the former president. the department did not make any public statements on the day o
there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so, the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute the search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure to say something publicly about why the fbi conducted the search. the calls are not just coming from outside the justice department. cnn has learned some officials within the doj believe the department should provide a public statement. they argue internally the silence is harmful to the department and the public s interest. that s in part because donald trump and his allies have filled the void with angry speculative rhetoric. to that point, the ex-president puts out baseless accusations today that the fbi, quote, planted incriminating material before searching his residence, trying to cast this as some sort of conspiracy against him. trump or his team have a copy of the search warrant. normally it does list the items to be seized
grant funding and more as we do in other locations. but anderson, abbott has not shown any plan to stop the busses anytime soon. the news continues. i wanna hand it over to sara sidner. i am sara sidner, this is cnn tonight. we will take you to the moment this, legal twists and turns of donald trump and the country are now experiencing. first, there is new reporting this evening related to the unprecedented search of trump s primary home. there are so many questions yet to be answered about what led fbi agents to marlar go on monday and also who may have led them there. the wall street journal is now reporting that there was an informant, someone familiar with documents stored at the trump residence, who told investigators that there could be more classified documents after the national archives already retrieved 15 boxes. so the fbi was reportedly tipped off by someone who led them to execute a search warrant. attorney general merrick garland faces increasing pressure now
i do want to get you in on one final story and that was the piece you wrote in politico about the newest lie coming from trump supporters that the fbi quote, planted incriminating evidence at trump s florida home when they searched it earlier this week. you argue when fbi director christopher wray refused to address that lie, he made a big mistake. tell me more. yeah i think chris wray is a wonderful guy. man of great integrity, i like him, i admire him and i respect. and i think he made a mistake. and i think it s my job now to try and, will not, try but to do my best to speak the truth all the time. and so here is the thing, alicia. i understand that chris doesn t want to talk about the investigation. and in many ways, he can t. but he can certainly knock down these ridiculous lies. the notion that the fbi planted evidence at the mar-a-lago home of donald trump is an abject ally. it s disgusting! it s reckless! and you see the consequences of it. and chris could ve really easily