news himself just hours ago. multiple sources tell cnn the search is related to the handling of classified documents and where documents were kept. cnn s randi kaye and sara murray are covering the very latest. this is such a huge night to think about what s going on right now. extraordinary developments continue to come out, sara. what are you learning about this fbi search at mar-a-lago? absolutely. these are very wild circumstances because we re talking about a former president and he broke the news. he released a long statement saying the fbi had even searched a safe that he had. we ve been told by multiple sources this is related to the presidential records act. this has to do with materials he took when he left the white house potentially classified documents that he took and we know from earlier reporting the national archives said they had recovered 15 boxes of materials that the former president took with him, but what this was focused on is where he was keeping classified o
former president. sources tell cnn the search was for classified materials including some documents labeled top secret that trump had removed from the white house. in a statement, the former president was quick to paint the search as a witch hunt, calling it a, quote, siege, and quote, they even broke into my safe. but the search no doubt cleared an extraordinarily high legal bar. sign off from top justice department officials, sign off from top officials at the fbi, and sign off from a federal judge that there was probable cause to believe a crime had been committed. and that those agents would likely turn up evidence in the search of mar-a-lago. let s go straight to palm beach. leyla santiago, tell us more. it has now been a full 24 hours since the fbi executed that search warrant here at m mar-a-lago here at the primary residence of the former president. and i can tell you according to our sources familiar with this investigation, president trump, former president trump was not he
captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, i m victor blackwell, welcome to cnn newsroom. alisyn is off today. first, any moment now, we expect to see president biden sign the senate-approved expansion of nato. this includes sweden and finland. this is an historic and harsh rebuke against vladimir putin. it adds more than 800 miles to russia s border with the alliance once finland is formally admitted. we will bring you the president s remarks as soon as they begin, but first, there is still so much we don t know about the unprecedented fbi search and seizure at donald trump s home. the first time that s happened to a former president. investigators executed a warrant at trump s florida estate, mar-a-lago, monday, and his attorney confirmed that papers were removed. three sources tell cnn the search has to do with the treatment of presidential documents, including some that are classified. now, former president trump, who was in new york, confirmed the
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has been, as leyla said, sort of this flame lit beneath the gop base, and especially his supporters. he posted a video to his truth social media platform this morning, sort of teasing out a 2024 announcement, saying the best is yet to come. this was very much a campaign-style video that donald trump posted on truth social, and he s been on the phone almost all day today with republican allies talking about whether he should run in 2024 and if he should, when he should announce a presidential campaign, i m told. all right, gabby orr for us in washington. leyla santiago near mar-a-lago on palm beach. thank you both. let s bring in cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig. lots of questions for you. let s start with, what s necessary to get to this point, to get the approval for a search warrant on a former president s home? victor, lots of questions, like you say.