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>> bill: do you drink whole milk? >> dana: no. >> bill: i do. i love it. >> dana: that's good to know. >> bill: vitamin d. >> dana: bill drinks whole milk. we want to get to this. the f.b.i. facing a class action lawsuit after raiding a private vault in beverly hills and seizing more than $80 million property from safety deposit boxes. how did that happen? wil wil william >> when it ceased property and a lot of money without evidence or probable cause that every one of those box holders was a criminal. >> this is about -- >> jenny pearson kept her valuables here inside a private vault in bever...

Spokesperson for the acting u.s. attorney for the central district of california, one of the named defendants is the office has prepared to fight the lawsuit and the fbi's in the process of returning items to some box holders. in some cases the fbi has filed forfeiture notices for cash and other items they believe is linked to criminal activity. these people have to prove that this is their stuff and it wasn't linked to criminal activity to get it back. >> shocking. the fbi is a federal law enforcement agency and they are acting outside the law in so many ways. they lied to the judge when they...

For forfeiture crimes. often invoked in cases where there isn't enough proof to go to trial. several box holders have filed several lawsuits against the government. plaintiffs in one class action suit are claiming a violation of fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and seeking return of their property. did the fbi overreach? we reached out to the fbi who referred us to the u.s. attorney's office who provided a statement about these seizures, which reads, in part, quote. joining me now, one such litigant, joseph ruiz where did it come from?