FBI searches Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home in unprecedented raid

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, Versant Media, Daily News, Versant, News, Government, Ms Now

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, August 9th, and reports on the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's property, the history of prosecuting government officials for mishandling government secrets and what it may mean for Trump going forward. Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann and Former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbert. On August 8th, 2022, the nation learned for the first time in history of former president's home was searched by federal agents acting lawfully.
0:14.9	It is the kind of news that just hit like a thunder clap across the nation and really the world.
0:21.5	Unprecedented details still sinking in.
0:26.0	Nothing like this has ever happened before, and we don't know how this ends.
0:29.5	Breaking news, courtesy of a brand new statement that just crossed from Donald Trump.
0:34.7	His home in Mar-a-Lago is, quote, under siege, raided and occupied by a large
0:39.6	group of FBI agents.
0:41.1	Stunning news overnight, an FBI raid on the home of a former president.
0:45.0	Search and seizure.
0:46.4	The FBI descends on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
0:50.5	We have a breaking Fox News alert.
0:53.3	The FBI has raided former President Trump's home in
0:57.4	Mar-a-Lago. Federal law enforcement authorities would have had to go to a judge and bring to that
1:03.8	judge a request for a search warrant. If we begin this hour with one word, unprecedented.
1:09.9	Today, we are in uncharted territory.
1:13.2	The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago has no parallel in American history.
1:18.1	That's all true, and that's all sinking in.
1:20.8	The first ever search of a former president's home setting what is today,
1:25.7	something we didn't have until yesterday.
1:28.3	A new legal precedent in America.
1:31.3	That matters for the law.
1:33.3	It's captivating many, many people all over the country,
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