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You can imagine all kinds of scenarios where merely executing a search warrant in somebody's house has huge implications. you could move global economic markets by executing search warrants. so they had to make sure in all likelihood there was that level of sign of. i would assume, when i was there as deputy assistant attorney general, this would've gone to the attorney general full stop. >> all the way up. >> or the fbi director. >> to elliott's point, considering that they probably had to go all the way to the top of the fbi and the doj. how significant are these documents and what are also ...

Could turn out to be a martyr and the situation. you know me, i am usually an apologist for trump but i am a republican. what i'm hearing from social conservatives is their outrage at the lack of transparency. we understand the doj has information they need to berthold. but, it is really hard to look at what happened yesterday as anything short of an overreach by the federal authorities, and potential political persecution. many are saying, i have talked to a lot of folks up and down the political spectrum. doing this to such magnitude, such a search to this extreme. anything short of finding ...

That is a search of former president trump's mar-a-lago residents. the top republican member and house intel tweeted this as the lead republican on house permanent select committee on intel. i am demanding an immediate briefing by fbi director wray regarding the national security risk that allegedly rose to the level of ordering a raise on the president of a former president. >> this is from the republican house minority leader, he tweets at attorney general merrick garland to, quote, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. joining us now to discuss all of this is cnn anchor and senio...

Extreme, people are going to be outraged. i'm hearing people who are over trump and many to move on. now they are galvanized behind him and showing support because they feel he is being singled out by the justice department. >> so, john, to alice's point, legally that is not how it works at the justice department. you present an affidavit to a judge. you say here are the specific raisins why we think there is probable cause that a federal crime was committed. you do not release that. that affidavit is under seal. if until charges are brought. that is how it always works >> that is right, that ...

And, on the heels of learning that the administration has virtually doubled the size of the irs. people are concerned about them being targeted as well. look, i hope this is done for all of the right reasons. if they needed to find valuable records and information that they doubted. but, the important thing right now is answering a lot of the unanswered questions. not just from the doj and the fbi. i believe it is also important to hear from the biden administration, who knew what about this raid? when? who signed off on it? >> they did say that, the white house said they found out when everyo...