at this stage. reporter: right. well, it would be rare to make a search warrant affidavit public, but we are at a point where there is a push for transparency, not just on capitol hill, but the media, including cnn. in court the justice department made a set of arguments and really a couple little details about this investigation that they re saying should keep this affidavit secret, confidential, only for their eyes and for the judge s eyes. in their filing yesterday, they wrote if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. we know too they have disclosed in this filing yesterday that they are using witnesses already, that they have spoken with, they re using a grand jury in this investigation, and that they also are looking for to make sure there aren t future witnesses whose infor
home. the wall street journal reports the attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks over whether to approve that fbi search. separately, sources tell cnn that trump white house lawyer eric herschmann has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the insurrection. and in a separate investigation, georgia prosecutors have told rudy giuliani he is a target of a criminal probe into election interference. and in yet another investigation, long time trump organization cfo allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty in a tax evasion case. let s get to it, let s begin with katelyn polantz on the news out of the justice department this morning. so, what are you hearing from the justice department about this request to unseal the affidavit? reporter: the justice department does not want to unearth a lot more detail about what is going on here in that prompted the search of mar-a-lago and what is under criminal investigation here. in a court filing yeste
today wyoming voters decide if that will cost liz cheney her seat in congress. we begin with important developments in several different investigations involving donald trump. first, a new court filing details the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the justice department asserting the affidavit it filed must be kept secret for now because it implicates highly classified material and because doj says its publication right now would damage the investigation. separately, a dramatic turn in the georgia investigation into trump s effort to overturn the 2020 results. rudy giuliani was told he is a target of that criminal investigation. and in the federal january 6th investigation, the trump white house lawyer is under subpoena to share what he knows with a federal grand jury. let s find out what this new court filing tells us about that mar-a-lago search. reporter: john, the justice department is really tipping their hand a little bit on what is going on in this investigation. and they
affidavit could compromise the ongoing criminal investigation. it s been eight days since that unprecedented fbi action and we know that doj filter teams have combed through at least some of the contents retrieved from trump s home. we know this because doj returned trump s passports, three of them, in fact, that were found among the materials that were taken away by the fbi. we ve been tracking all of this for the past week. katelyn, what can we expect to happen at this hearing on thursday that has been called by that florida judge? reporter: alex, this hearing is going to be all about secrecy, and especially the arguments that the justice department is going to make to keep secret this very important document that backed up that search of mar-a-lago last monday. remember, that document, it s an afte affidavit. it s only been seen by the judge so far outside of prosecutors and investigators. and it s a narrative that would detail everything that has happened in this invest
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation. and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe it in my core, there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. just remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decided to invest making chips in america. billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again. and now i m going to take action that i have been looking forward to doing for 18 months. going to sign this inflation reduction act. okay. here we go. it s now law. [ applause ] all right, we have been watching president biden at the white house signing what democrats are calling the inflation reduction act into law. that is sweeping investment in green energies, tax reform, and other measures related to health care. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the $750 billion health care, tax, and c