carefully and having worked with the deputy attorney general lisa monaco on national security cases, i could tell you she's no slouch when it comes to internal review of these documents. very careful, very meticulous. her focus is always on are we getting this right. she's not someone who is results oriented. are we doing this right. have we dotted or i's and crossed our t's when it comes to establishing probable cause. so before agents and prosecutors were able to apply for this warrant, they have to have exhausted all of their other options. it has to have been clear there wouldn't be voluntary return of these materials. they have reason to believe that a grand jury subpoena ordering return of the materials would not have been complied with and perhaps that there was some risk of destruction. that is the scenario under which doj in this very serious setting would have decided to seek a search warrant and execute it on a former president's residence. >> so neil, i love for us, to

girlfriend who was writing a book about him and about other information. that results in a prosecution. so in this setting, doj had to have probable cause to believe that a specific crime was committed. they would have to in the search warrant application specify what that violation was. and they have to be specific about providing evidence that a reasonable person would look at, and not only believe crime had a been committed but evidence of that crime would he be found in the place to be searched. and that regard i'm very interested in donald trump's admission that his private personal safe was searched. because that suggested that agents had acquired information and this has to be fresh information. it can't be months old. you get a search warrant, you're evidence has to be fresh and not stale in the language that prosecutors use. so they believe that there was something in there that was either evidence or fruits of a crime. that means that the government had to meet a very high...