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is a pr problem, but it is a legal problem. it is more political persecution of donald j. trump. they can t stand that americans love him. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, august 9. 4:00 a.m. in palm beach florida where the fbi has executed a search warrant at donald trump s residence inside his mar-a-lago resort. multiple sources say it is part of an investigation into trump s handling of presidential documents including classified material. a person close to the matter tells cnn agents took boxes of items from the property. the former president was in this morning at the time, again sources tell cnn investigators have visited mar-a-lago in recent months to talk with tru trump s attorney about material taken from the white house. with trump in new york the secret service presence in mar-a-lago was small but a source says the fbi did provide a head s up before the search. cnn is learning the fbi interviewed aides to the form ....
that is his summer residence. he s also about to meet in a few hours with several members of the republican study committee who are essentially rushing there to discuss what s going on. jim banks is the chairman of the rsd. he will be at bedminster. that s an aerial shot of the golf club. we ll keep a eye on the comings and goings and see if we hear anything from donald trump on all of this over the course of the afternoon. we saw a little reaction from him on truth social last night. we may get a public statement from him as we keep a close eye on who comes and goes from bedminster this afternoon. so the fbi, when you think about it, has been investigating donald trump for seven years. from the russia collusion days all the way until now. and this raid is likely just the beginning of the next stage in this story as it fires up the deepest entrenched forces for and against this most fiercely debated american president. he appears to have his eyes on the white house once ....
investigation. the president has been very clear. i laid out what his thoughts were back on january 7 in 2021 about how he saw the department of justice. i m going to leave it there. we re not going to comment from here from this white house. on a criminal investigation that is currently happening. fox on top of the fallout from the raid on mar-a-largo. the white house pressed on it. what we re learning about the judge that signed off on it and what was taken as a result of it. welcome. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we have you covered with david spunt at the justice department on the search warrant that go it going and shannon bream on the pressure of the attorney general and the fbi director are facing. we begin with david. to you first. good afternoon. we were told that at the beginning of 2022, negotiations between top trump officials at mar-a-largo and the government over retrieving documents that may have been classified, we re tol ....
Is a pr problem, but it is a legal problem. it is more political persecution of donald j. trump. they can t stand that americans love him. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, august 9. 4:00 a.m. in palm beach florida where the fbi has executed a search warrant at donald trump s residence inside his mar-a-lago resort. multiple sources say it is part of an investigation into trump s handling of presidential documents including classified material. a person close to the matter tells cnn agents took boxes of items from the property. the former president was in this morning at the time, again sources tell cnn investigators have visited mar-a-lago in recent months to talk with tru trump s attorney about material ....
martha: all right. we ll see. lara, thanks very much. good to have you here thanks. martha: all right. so that is the story a very busy day on this tuesday, august 9. the story goes on. i ll see you at 5:00 on the five. look forward to seeing you there. have a terrific afternoon and a great evening. thanks, everybody. is this administration weaponizing the justice department and the fbi against political opponents? peter, the president believes in the rule of law. the president believes in the independence of the department of justice that s a yes or no. no, it s a yes or no for you. i m answering the question. you may not like it, but i m answering the question no, no. i m answering the question and telling you that we re not going to comment on a criminal ....