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crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the government agencies, this unannounced raid on my hom...

Not the white house, the biden white house, knew this was happening today, that there was going to be an fbi search of the former president's home? >> reporter: it's a major development and there are big questions at the white house about who was aware of this. we were told most officials were not aware of this, that they found out when trump confirmed the raid had happened. major questions for whether or not president biden himself knew. we don't have reporting on that front specifically. and we've also reached out to the justice department to comment on this. they have not done so yet. clear...

>> john, you have great insights into the history, presidential history. give us a sense of what you think is going on here. >> remember first of all that presidents don't own their records. they belong to the american people. when we found out about this, that the president had taken boxes of information and things that perhaps, you know, maybe he had just had sentimental attachment to, maybe they had national security implications, what i'm struck by is when he was busted, in effect, for taking those documents that they weren't in the process of being shipped whole sail back to the federal g...

Continuity instead of being acrimonious and bickering. >> well said. well put, doug. thank you. i need to turn now to the news out of the white house tonight. margaret, this question is for you. we're told the president is apcleptic over the comey investigation and raid, sources saying he's fixated more than anything else. >> michael cohen has been incredibly loyal to him. he's part of his presidentially circle and knows almost everything about how the trump organization works. he's sort of an extended member of the trump family. so of course he feels it's a violation against him as much as ...

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