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We re learning new details about an fbi raid on a home, hotel room and offices of the president s long-time personal attorney michael cohen. still, many questions remain unanswered, exactly how this raid happened. we know the special counsel robert mueller handed off jurisdiction for at least part of the investigation to the southern district of new york, the acting u.s. attorney there. the big question now is why. who had to sign off on these raids? joining us now to walk us through it, former u.s. attorney kim whelan. explain how this all unfolded. particularly in this instance, the prosecutor had to go to a judge to get a warren. that did happen. but there are a whole different set of procedures that kicked in under justice department guidelines. number one, it had to be kind of a last resort. other ways of getting this information had to be exhausted and the determination was made, we re not going that way. number two, the u.s. attorney ....

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