whether there was someone inside mara largo, perhaps one close to the president, who told thejustice departmentdocuments being stored there. i strongly suspected that information, the human intelligence, the sources inside the camp that may be were reporting information to the justice department. were reporting information to thejustice department. i suspect that in the material redacted from the affidavit. could you explain to us why all of this is taking place? at the heart of this is classified information and how it was handled by president trump. that's right, that is at the heart of this. although the particular federal laws that the justice department particular federal laws that thejustice department is claiming may have been violated don't necessarily require the information to be classified. basically if you have a record and the government wants it back, you have to give it back. that said, there is no question that the material stored does seem to implicate many of america's greatest secrets, covert intelligence sources, reports we have got from surveillance, things of that nature,

the sources inside the mar—a—lago camp that may be were reporting information to thejustice departmentedacted. {guild material that was redacted. could ou 'ust material that was redacted. could you just explain — material that was redacted. could you just explain to _ material that was redacted. could you just explain to us _ material that was redacted. could you just explain to us why - material that was redacted. could you just explain to us why all - material that was redacted. could you just explain to us why all of i you just explain to us why all of this is taking place? because at the heart of this is classified information and how that was handled by former president trump. that’s by former president trump. that's ri . ht, by former president trump. that's right. although — by former president trump. that's right. although i — by former president trump. that's right, although i would _ by former president trump. that's right, although i would note - by former president trump. that's right, although i would note that l right, although i would note that the particular federal law

they say it will compromise the investigation, but he has asked thejustice department to look at possibles of the document so some of it can be released a week from now. it could, of course, be heavily redacted, couldn't it? how much of this document do you think we will actually get to see? i think thejustice department will make a very strong argument against releasing anything that it believes could compromise the investigation, that could perhaps deter other potential witnesses from maybe coming forward or being interviewed as part of this investigation. they will argue strongly to the judge that that kind of information has to be kept secret. nevertheless, there could be parts of this document, if the judge agrees it could be revealed, that will give us just a little bit more detail in terms of what donald trump, or perhaps some of those people close to him, is alleged to have done. peter bowes reporting from los angeles. let's get some of the day's other news. the man accused of stabbing the author salman rushdie in new york last week has pleaded not guilty to two charges in court.

we begin in the us, where a federaljudge has ordered thejustice department to release a redacted versionunderlying evidence that prompted an fbi search at donald trump's mar—a—lago home earlier this month. the judge who approved the search warrant said the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in application of the warrant should be unsealed, citing public interest as the reason to do so. prosecutors now have until noon on friday to make the document public. our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher gave us the latest from outside the court in florida. judge bruce reinhart who works in the federal court house just behind me has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump's mar—a—largo estate about two and a half weeks ago. the judge released a 2—page memo saying he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department. he said it protected the identity of potential witnesses and sources, and shielded the sc

i asked him if thejustice department have explained why they've broken with convention when it comesase in their desire to publish this material. probably they are talking about behind the scenes. the attorney—general is tired of being attacked by donald trump and other republicans and being accused of malfeasance in this matter so he has decided to try and get the information out there to show that, in his mind, the investigation and search is entirely warranted. mr trump can object to this public release. will he? it's a good question, that's the $64,000 question. he is now huddling with his lawyers and discussing what to do, and he could object because there is a distinct possibility there are some embarrassing things in that search warrant, and the return of search, but i think the betting money is that he will go and allow it and attack whatever comes out. he's pretty much committed to the idea that thejustice department is out to get him and he's got to feel like this won't hurt him. the washington post is reporting that some of the documents seized during this raid by the fbi

scrutiny that undoubtedly this affidavit underwent at the justice department underwent at thejustice department happens. thank you. france is in the middle of its fourth heatwave of the summer, as its worst drought on record has left villages without drinking water. weather forecasters say it's the most severe drought since records began in the late 1950s. sylvia lennan—spence reports. parts of south—eastern france ablaze. urgent efforts to control the flames burning dangerously close to home for residents here. this fire, sweeping through 80 hectares of land. dozens of people from the region urgently moved to nearby evacuation centres. amidst its fourth heat wave, with temperatures of up to a0 celsius, dispensing what the government says is its worst drought on record. now france's nuclear power regulator has extended temporary waivers, allowing five power stations to continue discharging hot water into rivers amid an energy crisis, possibly endangering wildlife. this holiday accommodation was evacuated in the nick of time in northern italy, as wildfires raged there, destroying many homes. in

now, they're going to be doing this review in tandem with thejustice department's criminal investigationviolations of the espionage act, the presidential records act, as well as claims of obstruction ofjustice on the part of the former president and possibly his attorneys as well. so this is a big development. this is the first time the biden administration is actively sort of engaging on this issue with members of congress who are charged with oversight of the intelligence community. administrations of both parties over the years have been very reluctant to share this type of investigative information with members of congress, mostly because their view is that it would compromise the integrity of the investigation. but this is a very different scenario. many of the court arguments have centred on this idea that the public interest in this matter is so great such that the public needs to see obviously some stuff with redactions. but members of congress also need to provide strict oversight to make sure that they are checking all the boxes when it comes to this really extraordinary matter

thejustice department would be directing this.i would have to develop probable cause to believe in declassified information was improperly removed, and it was at mar—a—lago. then convince a federaljudge for a search warrant that this is so to cause a federaljudge to believe there is probable cause in this issue. once it's issued, that's... in this issue. once it's issued, that's. . .- in this issue. once it's issued, that's. .. just to “ump in there. i issued, that's. .. just to “ump in there, and i issued, that's. .. just to “ump in there, and i i issued, that's. .. just to jump in there, and i appreciate - issued, that's. .. just to jump j in there, and i appreciate the point that you're making, but we are talking about a former president. how strong with evidence need to have been in orderfor this to happen? trier? order for this to happen? very stronu. order for this to happen? very strong- in _ order for this to happen? very strong. in fact, _ order for this to happen? very strong. in fact, internal- order for this to happen?

the justice department thejustice department is usually quite about ongoing investigations.id much more about why they are taking a different approach on this occasion?— this occasion? probably they are talking _ this occasion? probably they are talking about _ are talking about behind—the—scenes, the attorney general is tired of being attacked by donald trump and other republicans and being accused of malfeasance in this matter that he has decided to try and get the information out there to show that in his mind, investigation and search is entirely warranted. mr trump can object — entirely warranted. mr trump can object to _ entirely warranted. mr trump can object to this _ entirely warranted. mr trump can object to this public- can object to this public release. can object to this public release-— can object to this public release. ~ �* , ., release. will he? it's a good question. — release. will he? it's a good question, that's _ release. will he? it's a good question, that's the - release. will he? it's a good. question, that's the $64,000 question. is now huddling with

justice departm| pulled thejustice department has now pulled back the curtain ever so slightly into theigation over handling classified documents and presidential records here at tomorrow lago. in its 32 affidavit that was heavily redacted, the justice department said one of the reasons they thought there were still classified documents being keptin still classified documents being kept in unsecured location here in mar—a—lago was because documents given to the president and his associates to the national archives earlier contained over 100 instances of classified information mixed in amongst magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs and other paraphernalia as well as 25 items marked top secret that included human intelligence gathering, foreign surveillance and court ordered domestic surveillance. the justice department also relied on witness testimony as part of its request, but none of that witness testimony was made public. it was redacted and the reason thejustice department gave her this was because they thought that if the identity of they thought that if the identity o

the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are and the justice department are dedicated,ublic servants. every day, they protect the american people from violent crime, terrorism and other threats to their safety while safeguarding our civil rights. they do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. i am honoured to work alongside them. from the us department ofjustice, our north america correspondentjohn sudworth has more. well, in the week that we have had that news of the unprecedented search of a former president's home by the fbi, another highly unusual intervention, a press conference by the attorney general merrick garland taking place in the building behind me, and in which he made it clear that he was going against long—established precedent by speaking out on an ongoing legal issue. his motivation — donald trump's own public statements and that full—barreled assault by the former president's supporters, in which they are accusing the fbi and mr garland's own department of engaging in politcised justice. mr garland said he was seeking to have the searc

, fbi, the justice department, all to fbi, thejustice department, all to justify why they searchedas boosted his base to the point that some other republicans are suggesting to donald trump you should declare now or very soon that he again as a candidate for the presidency. a search and rescue operation is taking place off the coast of greece to find fifty migrants who've been missing since their boat sank in the aegean sea near the island of karpathos. wendy urquhart reports. navy and commercial boats were deployed to the scene as soon as the alarm was raised by the greek coastguard. a greek air force helicopter hovered above, training spotlights on the ocean in a bid to help find survivors, but in the pitch black it was not easy, and very strong winds made winching up those who were found a bit precarious. the boat was en route from antalia in southern turkey to italy when it capsized near the greek island of karpathos, 38 nautical miles south—west of rhodes in the middle of the night. there are conflicting reports about the number of people on board, with some saying there were

thejustice department, same thing really, but i think what the biden administration is trying to do here they can when it comes to this investigation, knowing that it is very politically charged and that the public and republicans and donald trump's allies in particular are going to be scrutinising their every move and when it comes to sharing this type of information with congress, they also know that many of donald trump's allies head up these committees or at least are the top—ranking republican, as we call them, on capitol hill in these committees, so it's a very difficult tightrope for the biden administration to walk right now. let's get some of the day's other news. the united nations coordinator for the deal to export grain from ukraine has said that millions of tonnes still need to be cleared from silos to make way for this year's harvest. amir abdulla, who's in charge of the deal brokered by turkey and the un, says the agreement has led to the export of more than one million tonnes of grain so far, but much more needs to be done. two men, who were arrested on suspicion of the m

thejustice department, same thing really, but i think what the biden administration is trying to do herehey can when it comes to this investigation, knowing that it is very politically charged and that the public and republicans and donald trump's allies in particular are going to be scrutinising their every move and when it comes to sharing this type of information with congress, they also know that many of donald trump's allies head up these committees or at least are the top—ranking republican, as we call them, on capitol hill in these committees, so it's a very difficult tightrope for the biden administration to walk right now. the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the arctic, with the secretary general of nato warning of the threat posed by moscow in the region, and raising concerns about china's reach there too. let's get some of the day's other news. the united nations coordinator for the deal to export grain from ukraine has said that million

all of that was redacted as well because thejustice department didn't want to give a road map to potentialigation. the president's attorney wrote — this investigation. the president's attorney wrote back _ this investigation. the president's attorney wrote back in _ this investigation. the president's attorney wrote back in may - this investigation. the president's attorney wrote back in may that l this investigation. the president's i attorney wrote back in may that the primary criminal statute, does not apply to the president, and they also argued that this is politically motivated because he's considering announcing that he's going to run for president again.— for president again. yeah, the president _ for president again. yeah, the president does _ for president again. yeah, the president does have _ for president again. yeah, the president does have authority| for president again. yeah, the i president does have authority to declassify anything he wants. one of the arguments that donald trump's lawyers are making is that blanket authority, now... thejustice department may have respond

in fact, internal to both the fbi and thejustice department are guidelines and the guidelines requireofficial or former public official being investigated, and that's from a city councilman on up to the president, there are various levels of approval that have to be reached. the higher office or the former office held, the higher the approvals. so approvals would have gone at least to the deputy attorney general level, before this application was made to a court. likely the attorney general himself gave the go—ahead to make the application to the court and there is approvals within the fbi and once those approvals are met it goes to thejustice department, it goes through that processes for ultimate approval. todd hulsey. it has been ruled the house of representatives committee has a right to representatives committee has a right to see representatives committee has a right to see president representatives committee has a right to see president trump tax returns. it unanimously agreed it complied with the law. the ways and means committee says they expect to receive the tax return imme

to appoint a special master to review all of these documents and then determine which ones thejustice departmentand which ones should go back to donald trump. thejudge has issued a deadline of friday in that request for a donald trumps lawyers to more carefully refine it to present what exactly they want from their request. so there are a lot of moving parts in this investigation right now, but the bigger picture is all of this is unprecedented. there has never been a federal search of the home of a former president, particularly a former president who still may harbour presidential ambitions as donald trump does. to ukraine next where there's growing concern over safety at europe's largest nuclear power plant — which is now held by russian forces. the final two working reactors at the zaporizhzhia power plant were cut off from ukraine's power grid on thursday. the country's nuclear agency said the problem was caused by nearby fires that damaged overhead electricity lines. the power was later restored — but the incident rang alarm bells far beyond ukraine's borders. a nuclear power plant — and i

neither the fbi nor thejustice department has made any comment on the reported search. 0ur north americaspiracy, and news of the search brought supporters to his florida resort even more convinced of their theories of stolen elections and deep state plots. you feel like you might be in venezuela or china, russia. we feel the fbi's doing a political hitjob on president trump. it's a two—tiered justice system, so we are out here just gathering, showing support. the american people see the state of this country. | they see what's going on. so, yeah, this is all about stopping trump from running in 2024. - they are views that match the former president�*s own. in a statement, he spoke of his home being "under siege", "raided and occupied" by the fbi, describing the action as "prosecutorial misconduct" and the weaponisation of the justice system in an attempt to stop him from running for president again. there�*s been no comment from the fbi here, but their search is thought to relate to official records and the possibility that mr trump, who�*s already been forced to return some document sin

the judge released a 2—page memo saying he agreed with the proposed redactions from thejustice department identity of potential witnesses and sources, and shielded the scope and strategy behind the federal investigation. that investigation is into the handling of classified material in the chaotic final days of donald trump's presidency, and the removal of the material from the white house in boxes to mar—a—largo where it was stored over the past year and a half. this isn't the only legal proceedings around this search. there is another request by donald trump's lawyers to appoint a special master to review all of these documents, and then determine which ones thejustice department can keep and which ones should go back to donald trump. thejudge has issued a deadline of friday in that request for donald trump's lawyers to more carefully refine it to present what exactly they want from their request. so there are a lot of moving parts in this investigation right now, but the bigger picture is all of this is unprecedented. there has never been a federal search of a home of a former presiden

interesting, the national archives which preserves the presidential records, they requested thejustice departmentt forfailing to hand over these documents. they actually did that in february and so thejustice department looked into this and that all that up to yesterday's search at his home in manor largo in florida. and so where potential it might this lead and how long might it take to unfold —— search on mar—a—lago? that's the million—dollar question. we don't know how long it'll take but the stakes could not be higher. if mr trump wants to run again potential charges that could come as a result of this investigation could prevent him doing so. the stakes could not be higher and clearly president trump, republicans, are very concerned about this and being very concerned about this and being very quick tojump very concerned about this and being very quick to jump on this and call this corrupt at the highest levels of government.— the headlines on bbc news... stars and fans from around the world pay tribute to dame olivia newton—john — one of the most iconic musical artists of all time, who has

neither the fbi nor thejustice department is commenting.i investigators focused here, at donald trump's home in florida. no doors kicked down, but several boxes reportedly containing official papers taken away. that means the most famous conservative politician in the united states, a former president, likely to be now a candidate for president, is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. donald trump was reportedly in new york at the time, where he issued a statement condemning what he called an "unannounced raid," as dark times for our nation and weaponisation of the justice system to prevent him running for the white house again. such an assault, he said, could only take place in broken third world countries. he said, "sadly, america has become one of those countries, "corrupt at a level not seen before. "they even broke into my safe." but his opponents accuse him of hypocrisy. president trump was one of the biggest critics of hillary clinton when she used her personal e—mail as the secretary of state and potentia

thejustice department take care of it. fit department take care of it.ger the search of mr trump's beachfront property, 21 were black out on several contained no visible word at all. fbi argues revealing the identities of witnesses could potentially lead them to being subjected to harm, including retaliation, intimidation and even threats to physical safety. the justice department _ to physical safety. the justice department was _ to physical safety. the justice department was also - to physical safety. the justice l department was also concerned that if they laid out the whole scope of the investigation and how they knew what they knew, it could possibly give a roadmap to president trump and his legal team for possibly defending against charges that could be forthcoming. what defending against charges that could be forthcoming. what the document does _ could be forthcoming. what the document does not _ could be forthcoming. what the document does not address - could be forthcoming. what the document does not address is l document does not address is wha

significantly, the fbi, thejustice department, are not saying anything about this at all.use donald trump released a statement, the one that you are referring to. it is quite a long statement. i'lljust read a little bit more from it. he says, "my beautiful home, mar—a—lago, in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege". this is a statement released a few hours ago. "..is currently under siege, raided and occupied by led group fbi agents". he says, "nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. of the united states before". then he goes on to say, "after working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate", and he says it is prosecutorial misconduct, and then there is a reference to his safe being broken into. that reference to "working with the authorities" may give us some clue about what this is about. indeed, us media outlets suggesting it is relating to an investigation into archive documents that were taken by donald trump, some 15 boxes, when he left the

to appoint a special master to review all of these documents and then determine which ones thejustice department should go back to donald trump. thejudge has issued a deadline of friday in that request for a donald trumps lawyers to more carefully refine it to present what exactly they want from their request. so there are a lot of moving parts in this investigation right now, but the bigger picture is all of this is unprecedented. there has never been a federal search of the home of a former president, particularly a former president who still may harbour presidential ambitions as donald trump does. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. pakistan's climate change minister has described the country's unprecedented monsoon rains and flooding as a national emergency. sherry rahman called for international help, and said the situation was a climate—induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. the provinces of sindh and balochistan have been the worst hit regions. more than 900 people have died sincejune. french presdient emmanuel macron is in algeria, on a trip aimed at rep

florida has said is he has gone back to the justice department. has said is he has gone back to thejustice department say it will compromise the investigation but he has asked the justice department to look into reductions into the words, hiding parts of the document so some of it can be released a week from now. it some of it can be released a week from now.— week from now. it could be heavily redacted, _ week from now. it could be heavily redacted, couldn't i week from now. it could be l heavily redacted, couldn't it? how much of this document do you think we will actually get to i you think we will actually get t. ~ g , . to i think the justice department - to i think the justice department will - to i think the justice l department will make to i think the justice - department will make a very strong argument against releasing anything that it believes could compromise the investigation that could perhaps deter other potential witnesses from may be coming forward or being interviewed as part of this investigation. they will argue strongly to the judge that this kind of information has to be kept

so, to answer your question, the fbi and thejustice department haven't confirmed any details of the searchrecords or documents held by that time. he said the research was related to that time to get story. the national archive assessed asked the justice department to investigate donald trump over the removal of the official documents of the white house to each year at morrow logo earlier this year and they said they found 15 boxes of official documentation, some which the papers have been ripped up and taped back together and donald trump says that this is a political, a way to stop him from running as president in 2024 and he said that this is prosecution or misconduct and it is the weaponisation of the justice department and eric trump criticised the fbi searched alongside a number of other republicans. the white house however has said that he didn't have any prior knowledge of this search before it went ahead. 1 prior knowledge of this search before it went ahead.- prior knowledge of this search before it went ahead. i know you say we haven't had _ before it went ahead. i know you say w

the us attorney general has defended thejustice department's decision to seek a search warrant for donaldnally approved the move. our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington, dc, outside the ministry ofjustice. this is an unusual step, isn't it, for mr garland to hold a press conference like this? it is, in the week in which we have had news of that unprecedented search of aroom paer president's home by the fbi, another very highly unusual intervention, that press conference by the attorney general merrick garland taking place in the bidding behind me, in which he made it clear he was going against long established precedent by speaking out on an ongoing issue, his motivation donald trump's own public statements and this full barrels assault by his supporters on the integrity of the fbi and mr garland's department suggesting they are engaged in politicised justice, mr garland said he was seeking to havest warrant and the list of items taken from mr trump's florida home—made public, something that will put the ball back in mr trump's court, of course where he to resist t

thejustice department would be directing this, so in terms of the process, the fbi would have to developdeclassified information was improperly removed and at mar—a—lago. then they have to convince a judge for a search warrant that this is so too cause a federaljudge to believe this. 0nce federaljudge to believe this. once the warrant is issued... just federaljudge to believe this. once the warrant is issued. . ._ the warrant is issued... just to “um - the warrant is issued... just to “um in the warrant is issued... just to jump in there. _ the warrant is issued... just to jump in there, and _ the warrant is issued... just to jump in there, and i _ the warrant is issued... just to | jump in there, and i appreciate the warrant is issued... just to - jump in there, and i appreciate the point, but we are talking about a former president. how strong with the evidence need to be? bier? the evidence need to be? very stronu. the evidence need to be? very strong- in _ the evidence need to be? very strong. in fact, _ the evidence need to be? very strong. in fact, internal- the evidence need to be

he has asked thejustice department to investigate.. republicans like mike penn says called it political. democrats like nancy pelosi state no one is above the law —— mike pence. the white house has said they didn't know anything about this earth before it took place.— know anything about this earth before it took place. we can speak now tojeff cortese. he's a former acting chief of the fbi public corruption unit. he's also the author of a book on public corruption welcome to the bbc news channel. how much evidence would be needed for the fbi to carry out a search like this? ., �* ., . ., this? for the fbi to execute a search warrant _ this? for the fbi to execute a search warrant at _ this? for the fbi to execute a j search warrant at mar-a-lago this? for the fbi to execute a - search warrant at mar-a-lago would search warrant at mar—a—lago would require that they show sufficient evidence, sufficiently have probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime it exists within the area in which they plan to search. so they have to show p

neither the fbi nor thejustice department have commented, and all this just three months before the nextbbc news. a disciplinary panel at uk athletics has banned the athletics coach, toni minichiello for life after finding that he breached the sport's code of conduct on numerous occasions with inappropriate sexual references and gestures to athletes. no athletes are named in the report. toni minichiello came to prominence in 2012 when he coached heptathlete jessica ennis hill to gold at the london olympics. our sports correspondent joe wilson is with me. explain more about this. this covers a 15 year period of time in the career of toni minichiello. uk athletics said the findings of the utmost seriousness and it includes their say unwanted and inappropriate touching, examples of bullying and emotional abuse, sometimes with severe consequences for the well—being and mental health of the athletes involved. we should stress no athletes are specifically named but there are anonymous examples and i have to say some of the examples given are really quite graphic. toni came to global dominance

he says they are demanding, he and his legal team are demanding, that thejustice department be instructedreview of the documents he claims illegally seized from his home. all documents had been previously declassified. he is also demanding the appointment of what is known as a special master, so an independent person or watchdog to review, oversee the handling of the materials that were taken from his mar—a—lago home, and he is also further demanding that the department ofjustice be forced to turn over a real, "without plants", in inverted commas, inventory of my property and disclose what that property is and where it is located. "we are demanding that all the items wrongfully taken "from my home be immediately returned." so basically, donald trump and his legal team asking for a number of things. they are asking for all of the materials that were taken from his home not to be reviewed until this special independent person is put in place to watch over what is going on with the department of justice and the fbi. he is also asking for more detailed information regarding exactly what was t

republicans including the most senior officials working for president trump in the white house, thejustice department told him that the election was not stolen or rigged and there was no massive fraud. that's why president trump and others invent excuses, protect or people not to watch the hearings at all, but no citizen of this republic is a bystander. all of a sudden obligation to understand what actually happened. we cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation. to believe donald trump's election lies you must believe that dozens of federal and state courts ruled against him, including manyjudges he appointed, were all corrupted and biased, that all manner of crazy conspiracy theories stole our election from us and that donald trump actually remains president today. as of last week, you must also believe that 30 career fbi agents who have spent their lives working to serve our country abandon their honour and their roads and went to amenoni nasilasila not to form a lawful search or address the national security threat but instead with a secret plan to plant fake and incriminating documents in

court hearing to discuss requests to unseal investigators' "probable cause" affidavit, which thejustice departmentng. our correspondent chichi uzundu has more. the document the media want made public as the body of evidence that the prosecution had to take to a judge in order to secure a warrant to search mar—a—lago, donald trump's primarily residents. the media says this is of historical importance and that is what should be in the public domain. last monday donald trump in a statement announced the fbi was searching his mar—a—lago home and florida, then on friday, the department ofjustice asked a court to unseal the details of what the fbi removed from his home, we found out that there were 11 sets of records that were removed from the property and some of those were scanned top secret. the department ofjustice don't want this ever david and the public domain they set contains classified nation and could identify steps in their ongoing investigation, why this is so interesting is because this is an ongoing investigation to have details of the warrant released was unusual then to have any details

neither the fbi nor thejustice department has made any comment on the reported search. 0ur north americareaking overnight, the fbi executes a search warrant at mar—a—lago. unprecedented raid at former president from's mar—a—lago estate. this was_ president from's mar—a—lago estate. this was an _ president from's mar—a—lago estate. this was an occasion where the hyperbole of the us headline writers matched the moment. the police search marks an major escalation in the investigations and swelling around donald trump, and almost immediately his supporters began gathering outside the florida resort. , , , resort. president trump is investigated _ resort. president trump is investigated because - resort. president trump is investigated because of i resort. president trump is | investigated because of his resort. president trump is - investigated because of his money and he will win again. in investigated because of his money and he will win again.— and he will win again. in my own oinion i and he will win again. in my own opinion i think _ and he will win again. in my own opinion i think it _

the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department's decision to seek a searchd trump's residence at mar—a—lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. from the us department ofjustice, our north america correspondent john sudworth has more. well, in the week that we have had that news of the unprecedented search of a former president's home by the fbi, another highly unusual intervention, a press conference by the attorney general merrick garland taking place in the building behind me, and in which he made it clear that he was going against long—established president by speaking out against long—established precedent by speaking out on an ongoing legal issue. his motivation — donald trump's own public statements and that full—barreled assault by the former president's supporters, in which they are accusing the fbi and mr garland's ow

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