Okay, let's get to our top story. Former President Tru
is calling for the release of the federal search
warrant that led to the raid at his mar A Lago estate.
Now this as the Washington post is reporting th
classified documents the FBI were searching for are
connected to nuclear weapons. Among other classified
information. Late last night, the former president
putting out a statement saying released the documents
now and earlier in the day you wrote this on truth
social. In part not only will I not oppose the release
of documents related to the un American, unwarranted
and unnecessary rate and break in of my home in palm
beach Florida mar a Lago. I am going a step further by
encouraging the immediate release of those documents.
All of us of course, part of a dramatic day came after
us Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unexpected
public statement yesterday afternoon announcing that he
was asking the judge who signed that search warrant to
release it to the public. And while Garland said he
cannot discuss details of the investigation, he did
look to make a few points clear during his news
conference. First, I personally approved the decisio
to seek a search warrant in this matter. Second, the
department does not take such a decision lightly where
possible. It is standard practice to seek less
intrusive means as an alternati to a search and too
narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. Garland
also addressed recent threats against members of the
FBI and Justice Department saying he won't allow their
integrity to be attacked unfair And he also made a
point to praise the work of FBI agents. The men and
women of the FBI and the Justice Department are
dedicated patriotic public servants. Every day they
protect the American people from violent crime,
terrorism and other threats to their safety while
safeguarding our civil rights garland garland once
again saying the DOJ work will continue without fear or
favor Newsy National correspondent Haley Bull joinin
us now live with more on the crucial deadline the
Justice Department faces today, Merrick Garland went
out there first called for it to be released late last
night. Former President Trump said the same thing,
where does that leave us today? Good morning. Well the
big question was what would Trump's response be And we
now know as you said, he's not only calling for the
documents released but encourag it. The court had
said an afternoon deadline at three p.m. For the
Justice Department to advise what former President
Trump's stance on unsealing the documents would be. So
now we wait to see what the court says and what the
court does the Justice Department is asking for the
court to until two documents here, the search warr
and the property received. And they based that off of a
couple of things Trump already publicly confirming the
search and public interest the court says in its filing
the indications of the subject of this were already
made public citing a news article that reported agen
were looking for possible classified material an
that's perhaps the most acknowledgment we've seen so
far of the subject of the search. And Attorney Genera
Merrick Garland as you stated, said he personally
approved the effort to seek a warrant in his first
statement since the search, it lasted only a few
minutes. He also said it was standard practice, thoug
to seek less intrusive means as an alternative, which
perhaps alludes to the efforts leading up to the search
at the former president's residence. Take a listen
copies of both the warrant and the FBI property receipt
were provided on the day of the search to the former
President's counsel who was on site during the search.
The search warrant was authorized by a federal court
upon the required finding of probable cause. The
property receipt is a document that federal law
requires law enforcement agents to leave with the
property owner now Trump and his representatives have
not publicly disclosed the specific contents of those
documents up to this point, but they have continued to
criticize the search and to the FBI and Justice
Department and a post on truth social Trump said his
attorneys were cooperating full that they had put a
lock on areas they were asked to but that mar a Lago
was rated without warning. He again called it a
political weaponization of law enforcement and a
statement demanding the release of the documents. He
stated, quote, I'm going to step further by encouraging
the immediate release of those documents, even though
they have been drawn up by radical left democrats and
possible future political oppon who have a strong
and powerful vested interest in it, attacking me much
as they have done for the last six years. The White
House has stated that they did not have prior notice of
the search. So next year we need to see what the court
decides in unsealing of these documents that could
provide a lot more insight into the search. What led to
it and what agents found during it. We spoke with the
Harvard law professor about the significance. Listen,
Merrick Garland, you know, I've known him for 20 years
now is extraordinarily careful. Extrao
thoughtful. And so I I believe that he really
considered this, weigh the costs and benefits and made
the decision that for the good of the Department of
Justice as an institution, he ought to move to unseal
these documents. The last thing I was saying is that
for the government to do a raid on the house of the of
a former president, I suspect that the Department of
Justice is near the very end of whatever investigat
that they're doing now. The Washington Post reports,
agents were looking in part for classified documents
related to nuclear weapons, citing people familiar with
the investigation. An attorney for Trump Christina Bobb
said in an interview with Fox News, she didn't believe
there were any, but hadn't specifically spoken to t
President and went on again to try to frame it as
politically motivated. If there were documents related
to nuclear weapons, that would certainly raise the less
the significance of this investigation by a major
degree. So we will continue watching to see what the
court says in unsealing these documents today rob and
that's what that's what everyone's hoping to learn.
What documents do. The feds believe. We're still there
in Mar a Lago and the possession of those documen
constitute a crime are not. We should learn a lot. As
the day moves on, Newsy National correspondent, H
Bull Reporting. Live for us this morning as always.
Haley, thank you.