when you have the man that set up the illegal server taking the fifth, i think it s disgraceful. have you seen what s going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible. lawyers are deposing him in a civil investigation by the new york attorney general looking into the trump organization s allegedly misleading lenders and insurers and tax authorities by providing them inaccurate financial statements. now, this case is separate from the federal criminal probe of presidential documents. that one led to the fbi search of trump s florida home on monday and the two cases join a whole host of legal troubles facing the former president who may soon announce a 2024 run. cnn s kara scannell is outside the new york attorney general s office. so two questions here. why did he refuse to answer questions? also, how is he explaining this apparent hypocrisy on the fifth amendment? well, victor that was a quite a montage that you just p
iranian assassination plot in addition to former national security adviser john bolton. stand by for new details on federal charges against an iranian operative. later, i ll have a one-on-one interview with ambassador bolton. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. former president trump departed the new york attorney general s office just a little while ago, after he invoked the fifth amendment in a deposition in the probe of his business dealings. cnn s senior washington correspondent pamela brown is joining us with the late breaking developments. this follows the unprecedented fbi search of trump s florida home. yeah, what a week it has been for the former president, donald trump. he asserted his fifth amendment constitutional right today. he says in part because of the search on his home on monday by the fbi. and tonight, we re learning new details about why the fbi took that extraordinar
against political opponents? the president believe in the rules of law and the independence of the department of justice. yes or no. it is a no for you. i m answering the question. you may not like it but i m answering the question. bill: or you could just say no. here is what we think we know at the hour. the search was related to a dispute with the national archives over the handling of presidential records is what has been reported. president trump left the white house with thoeps documents in january of 2021. later that year, the national archives contacted the president s team about potential classified information that was missing. dana: fast forward to january. the president voluntary gave more than a dozen boxes. in june d.o.j. visited mar-a-lago to get the transfer of more materials. bill: that s where things start to get murky. the talks broke down over the summer, sometime in june or july. the president disputes that however. federal officials viewed th
arguing that the doj must explain. the difference between a free republic and a banana republic is not whether the powerful could be held to account but whether the powerful are held to account legitimately. it s not a pretext for ulterior motives. does the department of justice understand this? the jury they stay is still out. that as representative jim banks and other members of congress travel to new jersey to meet with the former president. banks says on the issue of running in 2024, trump is resolved. i ve never seen the president as fired up as what he was tonight. martha: have a big line-up this afternoon. first, to lauren simonetti who is live outside trump tower here in new york city with the very latest in this case. hi, learn. hi, martha. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on attorney general merrick garland to give real reasons for the raid. the fbi and 30 agents spent over nine hours on monday at former president donald trump s primary resid