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this is quite a week, john. thanks for being here. good to see you, see you next week, bro. >> welcome to "the beat." im ari melber, and we begin with this breaking news. the mar-a-lago search warrant has been unsealed. we have it. you may have heard, and most importantly, as you see here, this is something we dont usually get. weve never gotten it for a former president, and we had no idea when the week started that wed be going through it. a documented list of the things that donald ...

Because trump is making quite clear that he was very intimate in terms of his demands and pushing this. and he was quite aware of what rudy giuliani was doing, of what those below him are doing. so, yes, the firsthand knowledge defense is crumbling. this idea that i dont know these people, i cant speak to what they were doing, thats falling apart as well. >> just to build on your reporting, you spoke to rudy giuliani especially a lot in the lead-up to that planned trip to vi vienna that was canc...

This? >> correct. im not saying it was illegal, and im not even saying it specifically violated any rule. but im sure its unusual and there probably are arguments that a lawyer should not be recording a client without the clients knowledge. >> okay. big question about this payment, whether it qualifies as a violation of election law. campaign finance law, because it was done about two moss before tbefore -- months before the election. your thoughts on that? >> sure. the recording shows it will m...