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group of agents saying it was, quote, unannounced. which is what normally happens with search warrants, by the way. and that they broke into a safe. now he wasnt there and they carried out the search. but i want to turn right away to cnn correspondent, randi kaye, who is actually in palm beach county. ill stay with us tonight cnns chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. caitlin i want to begin with you here. because, look, a search on the former presidents home is absolutely ...

first floor coasting predominant. that begins right now. a lower. >> a sour, and icu, this is don lemon tonight everyone. im laura coats sitting in for the great document. and we begin with major, i mean, really big news. a few hours ago we learned from former president trump directly, no less, of an fbi executing a search warrant at the mar-a-lago estate. his resort, of course, in florida. local sources saying the search is related to the handling of classified documents and were docu...

And that is certainly the case if these allegations are true in the way that he handled that document, showed it to or talked about it to the folks in that room. so, i think its still problematic for him. >> it also has another advantage for prosecutors to bring it. even if its weak on the retention aspect, its what we call charging the bad conduct. before this audio tape, which is so damning for trump, there could have been a fight over whether it gets in or not. but by charging the document he...

For him. >> it also has another advantage for prosecutors to bring it. even if it is a deep and weak on the retention aspect, it is what we are charging the combat. before this audiotape, there could add a fight. by charging the documents that he is allegedly waving around, it is much easier to get in audiotape. jurors like audiotape spare >> jersey like audiotapes. it is good evidence. thank you all for being here tonight. we are watching to see trump as he is speaking on that stage in that roo...

Possession of classified information. that is a breach of someone who doesnt have the need to know. and so, the fact of this person, donald trump, is no longer the sitting president. he no longer has a need to know. therefore, it is no longer within his lawful rights to possess those documents. and most importantly, the retention aspect of those documents is of paramount concern to the fbi. so if we look at this affidavit, and by the way, your viewers should know if in fact this does not turn ou...

A position to have a top secret clearance to be in possession of classified information. that is a breach of someone who does not have the need to know, and the fact that this person, donald trump is no longer the sitting president. he no longer has a need to know, and therefore is no longer within his lawful right to possess those documents and most importantly, the retention aspect of those documents is of paramount concern to the fbi. if we look at this affidavit, and by the way, you are view...