january 6th connection to a deadly confrontation in ohio. plus, the republican response. some trump allies may now be trying to tamp down the rhetoric, while waiting for whatever comes next. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, chilling breaking news about the fbi s a search of mar-a-lago. the washington post reporting agents were looking for nuclear documents. quote, classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in a search of former president donald trump s florida residents on monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. they did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including weathered involved weapons belonging to the united states or some other nation. nor did they say such documents were recovered as part of the search. one up the post reporters on that story added this earlier tonight. we kn
good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, chilling breaking news about the fbi s a search of mar-a-lago. the washington post reporting agents were looking for nuclear documents. quote, classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents sought in a search of former president donald trump s florida residence on monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. they did not offer additional details about what type of information the agents were seeking, including weathered involved weapons belonging to the united states or some other nation. nor did they say such documents were recovered as part of the search. one of the post reporters on that story added this earlier tonight. we know that it was a significant part of what they wanted, and when the first one went down the former president gained them 15 boxes of material. it was top secret documents in those boxes. when they came back on monday, they got 12 more boxes. this
hours ago, about the potential nuclear document, he himself has not said one single word on the social media platform he uses. what does that tell you about how backed into a corner he is? while stephanie, that s a great question. what we saw today was attorney general merrick garland really coming out and not speaking in legal argument but also in some ways a publication move. this is a narrative about the search warrant that was executed at mar-a-lago that was being co-opted and really written by republicans and by president trump. they were calling it a hoax they were calling it a witch hunt, they were saying that was part of a deep state, even suggesting that the department justice should be defunded and the fbi should be defunded. so merrick garland came out today and wanted to really put punch back, and really say, that s one point, he was very clear about this, faithful adherence to the law is the bedrock of our country is the bedrock of the department of justice. and he is sa
well stephanie, that s a great question. what we saw today was attorney general merrick garland really coming out and not speaking in legal argument but also in some ways a publication move. this is a narrative about the search warrant that was executed at mar-a-lago that was being co-opted and really written by republicans and by president trump. they were calling it a hoax they were calling it a witch hunt, they were saying that was part of a deep state, even suggesting that the department justice should be defunded and the fbi should be defunded. so merrick garland came out today and wanted to really put punch back, and really say, at one point, he was very clear about this, faithful adherence to the law is the bedrock of our country is the bedrock of the department of justice. and he is saying that nobody is above the law, that he wants to carry this out. but you hear now former president trump, really i think not only the ball is on hiscourt but now he has to answer about whethe