WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday.
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Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled Justice Department news conference.
Garland also said that he personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida earlier this year.
It was not immediately clear if and when the unsealing request, filed in federal court in Miami, might be granted or when the documents could be released.
Garland: "I will not stand by silently while the [FBI's] integrity is unfairly attacked… The men and women of the FBI and the DOJ are dedicated and patriotic public servants." pic.twitter.com/mK5k6p3O7K
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 11, 2022
Gosh, President Trump could just xerox the warrant and hand it out to reporters.
Trump has been asked to make his copies public of both the warrant and inventory of what was taken by the FBI. He has complained but has not released the documents. Attorney General has now asked a district court judge to unseal the documents and make them available.
Stand back and stand by as Trump’s reaction will be wild!
All for his flesh and blood not divine boss
The integrity of the DOJ and the FBI.
Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, Andy McCabe, Comey etc etc..
Trump’s people inciting violence over this. 1 guy tried to kill FBI Aents over this in Cinncinati. He was “neutralized”…
Hey Garland when will you stand up for the law and charge those committing federal crimes in protesting illegally outside supreme court justices homes?
Resign , Mr. Garfinkel.