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really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. >> yeah. and it's interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative med...

failed the country. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump's mar-a-lago home and we're learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant unsealed friday, agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to the gathering, loss or destruction of u.s. defense information. property receipts also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. they...

afghanistan, we'll look at how life has changed under the taliban's reign. ♪ >> announcer: live, from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. ♪ we now know why the fbi searched former u.s. president's donald trump's mar-a-lago home, according to a warrant unsealed on friday, agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including possible violations of the espionage act related to the gathering, less or redestruction of u.s. defense information. also learning details about some of the items recovered during monday's search. a property receipt also unsealed ...

ga and good evening, i'm erin burnett. trump investigated for violating the espionage act. yes, that is just one of the crimes former president trump is under investigation for by the department of justice tonight. obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records are also on the list. now just to be clear, when you hear the word espionage, you might say, wait, espionage? here's what it specifically relates to. i'll quote for you. information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the united states or to the advantage of any foreign nation...

this is cnn breaking news. >> and let's get straight to the breaking news. the unsealing of the search warrant authorizing the fbi search of former president trump's florida home at mar-a-lago. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is working the story for us. first of all, what are we learning from these documents and what did the fbi find? >> wellering wolf, this extraordinary search of the former president ended with the fbi taking away about 20 boxes of documents and items from the residence of the former president in palm beach. among those documents, among those boxes w...