Some Republicans make a more restrained case for defending Donald Trump

A secret service agent guards one of the entrances to former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida this month. Photograph: Saul Martinez/The New York TimesAs Republicans continued Sunday to defend former president Donald Trump after an unprecedented FBI search of his residence in Florida, deep fissures were visible in the party’s support for law enforcement amid a federal investigation into Mr Trump’s handling of top secret documents.

“It was an unprecedented action that needs to be supported by unprecedented justification,” Rep Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa, a former FBI agent, said on CBS Face the Nation. But he added, “I have urged all my colleagues to make sure they understand the weight of their words.” Adding to the sense of alarm, another gunman crashed a car into a barricade outside the Capitol around 4am Sunday. After he exited the car and it became engulfed in flames, he shot into the air several times before killing himself, the Capitol Police said.

On Friday, a federal judge unsealed the warrant authorising the search and an inventory of items removed from the property by federal agents. The list showed that the FBI had retrieved 11 sets of classified documents as part of an inquiry into potential violations of the Espionage Act and two other laws.

Donald Trump Jr, the former president’s son, wrote another fundraising email Sunday: “The witch hunt continues ... The FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago was a DISGRACE. In fact, it’s UNFATHOMABLE.” That is a much different approach from Rep Michael Turner of Ohio, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, who defended Mr Trump on Sunday.

Two of the laws referred to in the search warrant, however, make the taking or concealment of government records a crime regardless of whether they are related to national security. The third, which bars the unauthorised retention of material with restricted national security information, applies whether or not the material is classified.

The White House, trying to avoid the appearance of partisan interference, has been reluctant to comment on the investigation. “We do not interfere. We do not get briefed,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said on ABC’s This Week, adding, “We’re going to let Merrick Garland speak for himself and his department.”

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