Tonight, the battle behind the scenes, new reporting about the face-off between the DOJ

and the FBI over that search of Mar-a-Lago, all leading to the big question is a president

above the law.

Then the new extreme of the Republican Party on full display as one member questions

what President Biden's late son Boe wasn't investigated.

And from dark corners of the web to talking points for conservative media, how conspiracy

theories have crept into the mainstream and the very real dangers they pose as the 11th

hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.

Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.

We begin with stunning new revelations about a month-long battle between federal prosecutors

and FBI agents over the search of Donald Trump's Florida Club for classified documents.

The Washington Post reports the showdowns started when DOJ lawyers were ready to search Mar-a-Lago

back last spring.

Some FBI officials resisted and some field agents even pushed to end the investigation altogether.

Our friend Carol Lennig is one of the reporters who broke that story.

Earlier today, she explained how the clash went on for many months.

The FBI agents who are responsible for investigating crimes and the prosecutors who are responsible

for deciding whether to charge the former president with a crime were really duking it out

ever since basically April and May of last year.

The FBI agents basically said we are not interested in rating or doing a surprise on announce

search of the former president's home in Florida.

The prosecutors were convinced that there was evidence of obstruction, that there was evidence

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