WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has called for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant, with Attorney General Merrick Garland citing the “substantial public interest in this matter.”
The department’s request is striking because such documents traditionally remain sealed during a pending investigation. But the department appeared to recognize that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter verbal attacks by Trump and his allies, and that the public was entitled to the FBI’s side about what prompted Monday’s action at the former president’s home.
To obtain a search warrant, federal authorities must prove to a judge that probable cause exists to believe that a crime was committed. Garland said he personally approved the warrant, a decision he said the department did not take lightly given that standard practice where possible is to select less intrusive tactics than a search of one’s home.
Trump, who for years has lambasted the FBI and sought to sow distrust among his supporters in its decisions, said the warrant was served and the search conducted despite his cooperation with the Justice Department over the search. In this case, though, Garland cited the fact that Trump himself had provided the first public confirmation of the FBI search, “as is his right.“ The Justice Department, in its new filing, also said that disclosing information about it now would not harm the court’s functions.
The Justice Department under Garland has been leery of public statements about politically charged investigations, or of confirming to what extent it might be investigating Trump as part of a broader probe into the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
He has the warrant. He could release it himself.
FBI are acting as a left wing entity in my opinion.
He has the warrant & items receipt since that day. He could have released himself. Including now. His lawyers could litigate against it. AG Garland has given them legal option to do so. Question is why does he still have official documents he was asked to return last year?
Love or hate Trump, they’ve been trying for over 5 years to get him on something and it just hasn’t happened. Have to think at some point it’s just a witch-hunt.
You have to put on your best face when your ass is pinned against the wall.
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