FBI search of Mar-a-Lago came after suspicions of withheld materials

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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CNN has learned the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago came after authorities believe that the former President or his team failed to return all the documents and other materials that were government property. Former federal judge Nancy Gertner reviewed search warrants as part of her duties while on the federal bench. She walks Anderson Cooper through the standard that needs to be met in order to sign off on a search warrant like this one. Plus, over the weekend the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill. The Democrat-controlled House is expected to pass the legislation on Friday then it’ll be sent to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joins AC360 to discuss which parts of the bill Americans will notice most.Airdate: August 9, 2022Guests: Elliot Williams, Sen. Chuck Schumer. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:01.0	We begin tonight with new reporting and new details on the search of the former president's
0:05.2	Florida mansion.
0:06.5	New words tonight that the secret service was told in advance that the FBI would be going
0:10.6	in.
0:11.6	Also, what the basis for the search was and how concerns about national security played
0:15.8	in the decision.
0:16.8	So, there's a lot of new details.
0:18.5	It serves as an antidote to a day's worth of speculation and partisan conspiracy theories
0:24.0	and warnings of violence.
0:25.9	Let's go to our reporter, CNS Palabrown and Caitlin Collins.
0:28.7	Caitlin, what more are you learning about the type of documents that were recovered in
0:32.3	the search and what they may have related to?
0:35.7	Sorry, can't get Caitlin yet.
0:39.9	Pamela, you've been reporting on what triggered this search, namely concerns about what the
0:45.2	former president had and had not already turned over to the federal government.
0:48.6	The question is about the truthfulness of his representatives.
0:51.6	What else do you know?
0:52.6	Right.
0:53.6	Remember, this investigation had been going on for more than a year and in June the FBI
0:58.2	met with some of Donald Trump's representatives at Mar-a-Lago.
1:02.2	Saul the room where some of these additional documents were being held.
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