Merrick Garland Says He ‘Personally Approved’ Seeking Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant
2 years, 4 months ago

Merrick Garland Says He ‘Personally Approved’ Seeking Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he had “personally approved” the decision for the FBI to seek a search warrant to raid former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday. Yet some conservatives have painted the search as politically motivated, which has led to an uptick in threats against the FBI that Director Christopher Wray called “deplorable.” Garland also pushed back on those characterizations Thursday ― particularly what he termed the “recent unfounded attacks” on the FBI’s “dedicated, patriotic” members. In the wake of the raid, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy specifically called out Garland in a public statement, saying Republicans would launch an investigation into the matter that would “leave no stone unturned.” “Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy,” Garland said Thursday. Under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing.” Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice moved to make the search warrant public due to clear public interest in the investigation.

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New moves show Merrick Garland's indictment of Trump is 'inevitable': analysis
2 years, 2 months ago

New moves show Merrick Garland's indictment of Trump is 'inevitable': analysis

Raw Story  

Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer has been closely observing Attorney General Merrick Garland for months, and he now believes that a criminal indictment of the twice-impeached former president is "inevitable." Foer then recounts Garland's career at length, and in particular summarizes ample evidence that Garland is, at heart, an institutionalist who would ideally love to avoid indicting Trump and igniting a …

Mar-a-Lago Filing Shows Merrick Garland Must Move Quickly to Indict Trump
2 years, 3 months ago

Mar-a-Lago Filing Shows Merrick Garland Must Move Quickly to Indict Trump

Slate  

Accountability is the foundation of a law-bound society. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice laid out damning new details in its latest legal filing regarding the court-authorized Mar-a-Lago search, details that make it clear that Donald Trump likely committed serious felonies. Further, the DOJ presented to the public for the first time the June affidavit from Trump’s lawyer swearing explicitly, …

US Justice Department releases Trump search affidavit
2 years, 3 months ago

US Justice Department releases Trump search affidavit

Al Jazeera  

Redacted document provides more information about evidence that led to unprecedented search of Mar-a-Lago this month. The affidavit added that the Department of Justice believed “additional documents that contain classified NDI or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain” at Trump’s home. US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said last week that he believed “there are portions …

Trump seeks to block FBI from reviewing Mar-a-Lago documents
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump seeks to block FBI from reviewing Mar-a-Lago documents

Al Jazeera  

Trump lawyers ask US judge to temporarily block FBI from reviewing documents recovered from ex-president’s Florida home. Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered earlier this month from the former United States president’s Florida home, until a neutral “special master” is appointed to inspect the records. “The August …

Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant
2 years, 4 months ago

Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida, saying the investigation “implicates highly classified material” and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses. The court filing — from Juan Antonio Gonzalez, the U.S. attorney in Miami, and Jay Bratt, a top Justice …

US Justice Dept opposes efforts to unseal Trump search affidavit
2 years, 4 months ago

US Justice Dept opposes efforts to unseal Trump search affidavit

Al Jazeera  

Media had sought release of affidavit the government submitted when it requested search warrant for Donald Trump’s home. The United States Justice Department has opposed efforts by media organisations to unseal the affidavit that backed the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, saying the document contains sensitive material. “If disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap …

Here's How Republicans Are Brushing Off The FBI Search Of Trump's Residence
2 years, 4 months ago

Here's How Republicans Are Brushing Off The FBI Search Of Trump's Residence

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans have been furiously working to explain away the unprecedented FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in search of classified documents this week. Their lawyers weren’t allowed to see the boxes go.” And on Friday, after The Washington Post reported that some of the documents may contain nuclear secrets, Trump again repeated his theory. …

Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trump’s home
2 years, 4 months ago

Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trump’s home

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sent reverberations across the country, even before court papers were unsealed Friday showing agents recovered documents labeled “top secret” as they investigated potential violations of three laws, including one that governs defense information under the Espionage Act. Trump, for his part, says the National Archives were given the …

How Merrick Garland turned the tables on Trump — and made Trump's supporters look like fools
2 years, 4 months ago

How Merrick Garland turned the tables on Trump — and made Trump's supporters look like fools

Raw Story  

After Monday's FBI search of Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago, Trump blasted out the news of the unprecedented intrusion on a former president's residence. But late on Thursday, the Washington Post reported that "sources familiar with the investigation" say that "classified documents relating to nuclear weapons" were among the materials the FBI search was seeking. At Garland's press conference, he …

'Has to drive him crazy!' Florida prosecutor says Trump must be furious after Mar-a-Lago insider 'spilled the beans'
2 years, 4 months ago

'Has to drive him crazy!' Florida prosecutor says Trump must be furious after Mar-a-Lago insider 'spilled the beans'

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg suggested that there was no way that the Department of Justice would have sent FBI agents to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort unless they already "had the goods" on him. ': Trump flips out over nuclear weapons report at Mar-a-Lago "We know a subpoena was issued …

Trump calls for ‘immediate’ release of Mar-a-Lago warrant
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump calls for ‘immediate’ release of Mar-a-Lago warrant

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump called late Thursday 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.” In messages posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump …

Trump calls for ‘immediate release’ of search warrant docs ahead of Friday deadline
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump calls for ‘immediate release’ of search warrant docs ahead of Friday deadline

Raw Story  

Shortly before midnight on Thursday evening, former President Donald Trump announced that we would not oppose the Department of Justice motion to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and redacted property receipt listing the items seized. Trump has had the search warrant since Monday, but has refused to reveal it himself. Trump wrote, "Not only will I not oppose the release …

Amid Row, US Attorney General Says He ‘Personally Approved' Trump Home Search
2 years, 4 months ago

Amid Row, US Attorney General Says He ‘Personally Approved' Trump Home Search

News 18  

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he had “personally approved” the dramatic raid on Donald Trump’s Florida estate and, in a highly unusual move, was requesting the warrant justifying the search be made public. The country’s top prosecutor did not reveal the reason for the unprecedented search of the home of a former US president, and condemned “unfounded attacks” …

FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home
2 years, 4 months ago

FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home

NPR  

FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home Enlarge this image toggle caption Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Florida has unsealed the documents related to an FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home that took place earlier this week. The warrant allows for the seizure of "all …

FBI recovered ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
2 years, 4 months ago

FBI recovered ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

Al Jazeera  

The FBI recovered documents that were labeled “top secret” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorised the unprecedented search this week. He did so after Attorney General Merrick Garland declared Thursday there was “substantial public interest in this matter”, and Trump backed the warrant’s …

Trump says he won't oppose the release of documents tied to the Mar-a-Lago search
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump says he won't oppose the release of documents tied to the Mar-a-Lago search

NPR  

Trump says he won't oppose the release of documents tied to the Mar-a-Lago search LEILA FADEL, HOST: After days of silence, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he wants to make the Mar-a-Lago search warrant public and submitted a request to a federal court to release it. We're going to bring you different angles this morning on the story surrounding the …

US Attorney-General Merrick Garland personally approved search of Donald Trump's home for suspected illegal records
2 years, 4 months ago

US Attorney-General Merrick Garland personally approved search of Donald Trump's home for suspected illegal records

ABC  

US Attorney-General Merrick Garland says federal agents searched former president Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an investigation into whether he illegally removed records from the White House as he was leaving office. Key points: The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant Donald Trump has also called for its release Trump supporters and some …

Trump lawyers agree to public release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant for White House documents
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump lawyers agree to public release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant for White House documents

CBS News  

Search warrant: Trump investigated under Espionage Act Trump investigated under Espionage Act, search warrant says 04:00 Washington — Donald Trump's attorneys agreed to the public release of the search warrant authorizing the FBI's seizure of documents from his Florida home, according to court papers filed Friday. Garland said Thursday that the investigation and subsequent search of Trump's property were not …

Trump lawyers agree to public release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant for White House documents
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump lawyers agree to public release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant for White House documents

CBS News  

Search warrant: Trump investigated under Espionage Act Trump investigated under Espionage Act, search warrant says 04:00 Washington — Donald Trump's attorneys agreed to the public release of the search warrant authorizing the FBI's seizure of documents from his Florida home, according to court papers filed Friday. Garland said Thursday that the investigation and subsequent search of Trump's property were not …

U.S. Justice Deptartment seeks to unseal search warrant of Trump’s home
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. Justice Deptartment seeks to unseal search warrant of Trump’s home

The Hindu  

The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, acknowledging the extraordinary public interest in the case. But the Justice Department appeared to recognise that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter attacks from the …

Trumpland ‘caught off guard’ by Merrick Garland calling his bluff: report
2 years, 4 months ago

Trumpland ‘caught off guard’ by Merrick Garland calling his bluff: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's inner circle was caught off guard after Attorney General Merrick Garland held a press conference calling Trump's bluff and announcing the Department of Justice would move to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Federal Magistrate Judge William Matthewman gave Trump's lawyers until 3 p.m. Eastern on Friday to announce whether they would fight the motion to unseal the documents, …

Merrick Garland called Donald Trump’s bluff: legal expert
2 years, 4 months ago

Merrick Garland called Donald Trump’s bluff: legal expert

Raw Story  

Attorney General Merrick Garland held a press conference on Thursday revealing the Department of Justice has moved to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and redacted property receipt listing the items seized. "We essentially saw Merrick Garland call Donald Trump's bluff," Honig said. "So essentially Merrick Garland said, 'Okay, Donald Trump, you're not going to release them, we're going to do …

Merrick Garland announces DOJ will seek to unseal search warrant of Trump's Mar-a-Lago — and he personally approved it
2 years, 4 months ago

Merrick Garland announces DOJ will seek to unseal search warrant of Trump's Mar-a-Lago — and he personally approved it

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered remarks on Thursday afternoon days after the FBI conducted a search warrant at President Donald Trump's Florida home at Mar-a-Lago. "Just now the justice Department has filed a motion in the southern district of Florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the FBI conducted …

Garland ‘personally approved’ Mar-a-Lago search, moves to unseal Trump records warrant
2 years, 4 months ago

Garland ‘personally approved’ Mar-a-Lago search, moves to unseal Trump records warrant

LA Times  

Gen. Merrick Garland made his first public comments since the FBI search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week. The Department of Justice is moving to unseal the search warrant and itemized receipt of what was taken from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week, Atty. “The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and …

Garland defends Trump home search, moves to make details public
2 years, 4 months ago

Garland defends Trump home search, moves to make details public

Al Jazeera  

Ex-President Donald Trump, who has declined so far to reveal FBI warrant’s contents, says will not oppose its release. United States Attorney General Merrick Garland has said the Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to unseal the court-approved warrant used to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this week. “Release the documents now!” he wrote, repeating …

Explained: The rules that allowed the FBI to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago house
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: The rules that allowed the FBI to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago house

Firstpost  

The process of obtaining a search warrant is controlled by a checklist of requirements. In the Donald Trump case, the decision to seek a warrant to search a former president’s property would probably have to have been approved by top officials at the Justice Department News that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents descended on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home …

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: How does the FBI get a warrant to search a home?
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: How does the FBI get a warrant to search a home?

LA Times  

News that FBI agents descended on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and searched it has spawned accusations of a politicized law-enforcement organization doing the bidding of the Biden administration in targeting political enemies. Experts say that even the decision to seek a warrant to search a former president’s property would probably have to have been approved by top officials at …

The FBI raid on Donald Trump's beloved Mar-a-Lago could just be the beginning of his legal and political woes
2 years, 4 months ago

The FBI raid on Donald Trump's beloved Mar-a-Lago could just be the beginning of his legal and political woes

ABC  

Former US president Donald Trump is not known for his subtle use of language. Such a conviction would also disqualify them from "holding any office under the United States", according to the law — a prospect likely to play on the mind of anyone invested in Mr Trump's political fortunes, for better or worse. While Mr Trump has denied clogging …

FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida estate: Why now?
2 years, 4 months ago

FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida estate: Why now?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence ricocheted around government, politics and a polarized country Tuesday along with questions as to why the Justice Department — notably cautious under Attorney General Merrick Garland — decided to take such a drastic step. Agents on Monday searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, which is also a private club, …

Why FBI May Have Chosen To Search Trump’s Florida Estate Now
2 years, 4 months ago

Why FBI May Have Chosen To Search Trump’s Florida Estate Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence ricocheted around government, politics and a polarized country Tuesday along with questions as to why the Justice Department — notably cautious under Attorney General Merrick Garland — decided to take such a drastic step. Agents on Monday searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, which is also …

Why The Justice Department Can’t Say More About The Mar-A-Lago Raid
2 years, 4 months ago

Why The Justice Department Can’t Say More About The Mar-A-Lago Raid

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The calls for transparency came quickly after Monday’s FBI raid of Mar-A-Lago, the home and social club of former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump supporters in elected office demanded explanations from the Justice Department for the unprecedented search of the home of a former president ― and potential electoral rival for the sitting president. …

The FBI’s Raid on Mar-a-Lago Is Just the Beginning for Trump
2 years, 4 months ago

The FBI’s Raid on Mar-a-Lago Is Just the Beginning for Trump

Slate  

On Monday, former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago was searched in an FBI raid reportedly as part of an investigation into potentially illegally taken classified documents. The affiant will outline the criminal violation believed to be committed and particularize the evidence anticipated to be located within the environs defined in the search warrant affidavit—in this case evidence against Trump …

'This is a guy flushing documents down the toilet': Impeachment lawyer explains why FBI needed Mar-a-Lago warrant
2 years, 4 months ago

'This is a guy flushing documents down the toilet': Impeachment lawyer explains why FBI needed Mar-a-Lago warrant

Raw Story  

Trump impeachment lawyer Daniel Goldman on Tuesday said that the United States Department of Justice needed to execute a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago because it couldn't trust former President Donald Trump to willingly hand over classified documents in his possession. During a CNN panel discussing the Mar-a-Lago search, Goldman said that Trump's history of mishandling official White House documents gave …

'Get ready for raids at other locations': Mar-A-Lago search 'bodes very ill for Donald Trump'
2 years, 4 months ago

'Get ready for raids at other locations': Mar-A-Lago search 'bodes very ill for Donald Trump'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's legal problems are about to get a lot worse, according to MSNBC's John Heilemann. The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Trump's residence at Mar-A-Lago, reportedly as part of an investigation of his mishandling or theft of classified documents, and the "Morning Joe" political analyst said the former president should be prepared for additional raids. …

Time to negotiate is 'long gone': Former official explains why the FBI raided Trump
2 years, 4 months ago

Time to negotiate is 'long gone': Former official explains why the FBI raided Trump

Raw Story  

Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi walked MSNBC viewers through what the Miami Field Office had to do to execute today's search warrant on Mar-a-Lago. "High degree of certainty that it is related to the national archives documents," he told MSNBC "So, Jason, yeah, not only did I spend 25 years in the FBI but I spent a significant portion of …

Unprecedented FBI search of Trump’s home shows seriousness of information sought
2 years, 4 months ago

Unprecedented FBI search of Trump’s home shows seriousness of information sought

LA Times  

Few specifics are known about what the FBI sought during Monday’s daylong search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The former president’s son Eric Trump said on Fox News on Monday night that federal investigators sought records that had not been handed over to the National Archives when his father left the White House. At the time, Trump …

Here’s what’s next for Trump after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago
2 years, 4 months ago

Here’s what’s next for Trump after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago

CNN  

CNN — The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s residence in Florida on Monday signaled an extraordinary escalation of an investigation into the handling of certain documents from his presidency and raises questions about whether his legal exposure extends beyond whether he improperly took government records when he left the White House. To take the extraordinary step of executing …

Republicans demand answers from DOJ and FBI over Trump search raid
2 years, 4 months ago

Republicans demand answers from DOJ and FBI over Trump search raid

NPR  

Republicans demand answers from DOJ and FBI over Trump search raid Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images Republican allies of former President Donald Trump are decrying Monday's FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property as a federal overreach and they're vowing to launch investigations over it. Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan called out both Garland and …

FBI conducts ‘raid’ on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, former president says
2 years, 4 months ago

FBI conducts ‘raid’ on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, former president says

LA Times  

Former President Trump said in a statement Monday that the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, in what he described as a “raid.” It was not immediately clear why agents searched his Palm Beach home and what was removed, but Trump said the property was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” He added …

Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

NPR  

Trump says FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida Enlarge this image toggle caption Terry Renna/AP Terry Renna/AP Former President Donald Trump said on Monday that FBI agents had searched his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla., and opened his safe. The FBI and Department of Justice declined to comment, although Eric Trump said Monday night that …

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