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search warrant served on monday. >> that's right, victor. we didn't expect attorney general merrick garland to come out today but he is going to be making a statement from the justice department building in downtown washington. they haven't disclosed yet exactly what it is going to be about, but you're right, there has been pressure building in recent days since this search on monday, this unprecedented search of a former president's home, that we are watching to see whether garland may want to make a statement about this. now, this isn't something that the justice department typical...

search of donald trump's mar-a-lago resort. it's the first time in american history the bureau has searched the home of a former president. sources say agents removed boxes of items and trump's attorney confirmed papers were taken. cnn has learned the warrant is tied to an investigation about how presidential documents were handled, including ones that were deemed classified. the former president, while at trump tower in new york, confirmed the fbi was in his home and he says broke into his safe. top republicans are rallying behind the former president after the search, which likely ...

not take from mar-a-lago. i would be surprised if there is still furniture at his club. according to this document, it was a nine-hour smash and grab. we will take you through the items in a second. are you ready for the criminal charge they are basing that raid on? are you ready? they are saying day raided trump's house because he violated the espionage act. they are saying donald trump committed espionage against the united states of america. in the statute says he may be trying to harm the united states and aid our adversaries. documents double locked up in his basement, protected...

Archives administration actually asked the doj to look into this, to launch an investigation. at that point, this became a very slow burning process. we didn't get much updates from our sources on this matter until yesterday when this raid occurred, and we know that this raid was in part precipitated by a meeting in june between attorneys for former president donald trump and counter intelligence agents who visited mar-a-lago to discuss the keeping of white house records at trump's properties. during that visit, they toured a basement facility as has been described to us by sources on the grou...

With the matter, they added a padlock to the basement facility but that was the extent of the effort they made to secure potentially classified information, and so, you know, fast forward again to yesterday when this raid occurred. there are still a lot of unclear questions about what was taken away by fbi officials on the ground at mar-a-lago, whether it was just documents or mementos from donald trump's time as president. we're still looking for those answers. victor. >> gabby orr, katelyn polantz, thank you. with me is u.s. attorney general under george w. bush, alb alberto gonzalez. we a...