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
investigators, there were more classified documents beyond what trump turned over to the national archives earlier this year. let s bring in former federal prosecutor michael zeldin. what is your reaction to the reports of an informant here that there was a meeting at mar-a-lago in june, after that meeting someone informed law enforcement that there were more documents that were unsecured? is this a possibility that this informant is from trump s orbit? well, it would make sense that somebody within the trump world, within the mar-a-lago complex, had knowledge of the existence of additional boxes, 12 as we learned, and they decided that it was important to honor the obligations of law enforcement and let them know where these things were and so it went. with all the people coming in and out of mar-a-lago, i mean, you can see why investigators would be concerned if there were documents that would pertain to national security for example. and we know that investigators had
still more classified documents at the private club, closed quote. that signals there was potentially additional material there of interest to the u.s. government, even after trump turned over those 15 boxes to the national archives earlier this year. and last night, the director of the fbi chris rwray refused o answer questions about this search. he expressed real concern surrounding violent threats against fbi agents. take a listen. any threats made against law enforcement including the men and women of the fbi as with any law enforcement agency are deplorable and dangerous. and this morning, cnn has learned that some within the justice department believed that the department should have provided a public statement on the search. so let s start right there with our cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, we have been talking a lot this week about the real escalation from a meeting that investigators had back in june, with trump lawyers at mar-a-lago, leadin
make clear what laws the fbi thinks he may have violated and he could produce that receipt for what they took from his home. so why hasn t he? that remains a major question. and in the meantime, inside the justice department, there is some frustration that so far the department said nothing about the search, while trump and his allies portrayed it as a siege, even suggesting without any proof that fbi agents may have planted evidence. joining us now is former trump white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. mick, it is great to have you on this momentous morning. i want to first start with your reaction to this search, because you did mention that there are two ways to see this unprecedented move. tell us about those. sure. i can think either it is a legitimate investigation into classified documents, or it is a political hit job. i think it is important that people understand why they re seeing the reaction they re seeing from the right. keep in mind, if you re repub
let s get straight to our top story. we re just learning right now that a federal court in florida has instructed the u.s. justice department to confer with former president trump about its request to unseal the search warrant and to tell the court by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow if he opposes it. our reporter is working the story for us. kaitlan, what s the latest? reporter: wondelf, we re talg about a court document under seal right now, and the judge has set a deadline of 3:00 p.m. tomorrow to get an answer whether donald trump and his lawyers want this document out there in the public s see. so the justice department requested in court to unseal this document. they want to give the courtesy to trump s team, as you normally would do in court, to get a response. the arguments the justice department is making is that it s in the public interest to put this document out there. and that a lot of it is already been spoken about by trump and his team that a search occurred at mar-a-lago