and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu
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
after he became the first current or former president ever to be hit with a search warrant. and just hours after becoming the first ever to invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, which is a pillar of civil liberties, but which he used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth and saying what only mobsters say when ever they re searched, in this case suggesting without anything at all to back it up, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched mar-a-lago on monday, which then quickly became a republican talking point, or in the case of lindsey graham, senator graham, who sits on the judiciary committee and who clearly should know better, just another toxic idea to smile and not along with. we know they doctor evidence. we know they plant evidence. sure. we know they hide evidence. we know they lie. we know they leak. i mean this is not anything new. this has been this has been years they ve been doing this. we can t just say, oh,
with a search orange. just hours at the becoming the first to evoke is 5th amendment right against self incrimination, which is a. pillar of civil rudy, which she used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth, and saying we only mobster say, whenever they are searched. in this case, without anything the backup, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched more legault on monday, which quickly became a republican talking point. that s the case for lindsey graham, the senator, which is judiciary committee who coalition know better. he leota a toxic smile and not along with. we know they doctored evidence. we know they plant evidence. we know they hide evidence. we know they leak. this is not anything new. this has been years that they have been doing. this. we are waiting for the guy to come out and give a statement about what is predicated. what? these people are out of control, senator. this country is on the edge of a cliff, man. i am telling you, this c
the economy that will be a welcome relief to americans everywhere. but will it last? hello and welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with major new developments in our politics lead. just a short time ago, attorney general merrick garland said the justice department filed a request to unseal the search warrant for the former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. the doj s first public comments since that unprecedented search on monday. he also said he personally approved the decision to seek the search warrant, and that the department does not take this kind of move lightly. he also defended his colleagues against what he called unfounded attacks. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic, public servants. his appearance today comes amid a flood of other new details. sources tell cnn that federal investigators previously served a g