As the Michael Cohen investigation continues to roll on, our Verify team looks back at Trump's "attorney client privilege is dead" tweet from Tuesday.
That tweet got one of our viewers, Barry Nall from Stevenson Virginia, curious, asking us this question.
“Is it legal for the FBI to raid the offices of the attorney of the president of the United States of America and seize those files and thus come between the attorney client privilege?"
According to the Department U.S. Attorney's Manual, the president's lawyer can be subject to a search warrant, but it's not usual.
A subpoena is more typical, to protect attorney-client privilege.
But if officials believe an attorney could destroy the evidence, they can apply for a search warrant signed by the U.S. Attorney or Assistant Attorney General.
Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, signed off before the FBI raid.
WUSA9 researchers verified the FBI did have the legal authority to search Michael Cohen's office.
Rumors continue to swirl whether Trump will fire Mueller or Rod Rosenstein, but so far the White House has not confirmed that.
