conversations and his actions on or around january 6th. the doj s preemptive move is the clearest sign yet that federal investigators are closing in on trump s efforts to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. also, cnn has learned the january 6th committee plans to share 20 transcripts with justice department investigators. the committee also seems to be zeroing in on former trump cabinet officials, of particular interest conversations about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. washington post reports texts from ken cuccinelli and chad wolf, two top officials from the trump department of homeland security, are missing from the period leading up to january 6th. and also first on cnn, a former doj staffer who worked with jeffrey clark at the agency is now cooperating with the criminal probe. trump discussed installing clark as attorney general in the days before january 6th. joining us now is mick mulvaney, former acting chief of sta
affiliated media outlet is suggesting beijing should shoot down the plane carrying house speaker nancy pelosi if she does, indeed intend to go to taiwan. meanwhile, a democratic congressman openly saying most of his colleagues believe the president should not run for re-election in 2024. and the biden administration is trying to explain why democrats want a new massive spending bill while the economy may or may not be technically in a recession. previous definitions it is. white house correspondent peter doocy starts off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: the recession was just a one day news cycle. the press secretary spoke this afternoon for about an hour, never used the word recession officials around here do admit that prices are too high but they insist they are on top of inflation. we have a plan to fight inflation. that s being disputed. the democrats have no plan to help americans who are paying the highest prices in 40 years. steve.
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
it is classified material. it was an unprecedented action that needs to be supported by unprecedented justification. the justice department needs to release the information about the steps they did take to try to cooperate with the former president. harris: we re also learning from our sources the d.o.j. does not want a review of the raid. that s almost laughable. the former commander-in-chief calls them corrupt and says the raid is all part of their played out attempts to undermine him. the white house is, of course, denying any political motivations. this is about the american people and doing what is right for the american people. the department of justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent and this is what we believe and what the president has said. this is not about politicizing anything. harris: the former president himself was talking with fox this morning and said he is willing to do whatever possible to help the nation after the raid saying t