Donald Trump fires back at AG Merrick Garland over FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid: 'Release the documents now!'
By: Lawrence Richard (Fox News)
Hoo, boy! Garland really screwed that pooch. Biden won't be able to sit out this little firestorm. Wonder who will be the next Attorney General?
Of course the warrant and property receipt had already been leaked before any sort of formal release. That shouldn't be surprising since this involves the DOJ and FBI, after all. And it's not surprising that the leaked warrant confirms the FBI was on a fishing expedition.
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After a federal judge gave the Justice Department a deadline to determine whether former President Donald Trump supports or opposes unsealing the search warrant and property receipt used by the FBI to search his Mar-a-Lago home Monday, the former president said he heartily supports the move.
"Release the documents now!" Trump wrote on TRUTH Social at 11:40 p.m. ET Thursday, just hours after the judge's decision was announced.
In a pair of posts, Trump called the raid on his Florida estate "unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary" and said he approved of the "immediate release" of the warrant.
"Not only will I not oppose the release of documents related to the unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in of my home in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents," the former president wrote, "even though they have been drawn up by radical left Democrats and possible future political opponents, who have a strong and powerful vested interest in attacking me, much as they have done for the last 6 years."
Trump also said the raid was a part of an "unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement" and suggested it could be an effort to keep him from re-seeking office.
"My poll numbers are the strongest they have ever been, fundraising by the Republican Party is breaking all records, and midterm elections are fast approaching. This unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement is inappropriate and highly unethical," he said. "The world is watching as our Country is being brought to a new low, not only on our border, crime, economy, energy, national security, and so much more, but also with respect to our sacred elections!"
The two posts come just hours after Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart wrote an order on the DOJ's motion to unseal the warrant and property receipt.
"The United States shall immediately serve a copy of its Motion on counsel for former President Trump," Reinhart wrote Thursday. "On or before 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 12, 2022, the United States shall file a certificate of conferral advising whether former President Trump opposes the Government's motion to unseal."
The judge's decision came just after Attorney General Merrick Garland broke his dayslong silence over the decision for the FBI to execute a search warrant on the home of a former president, which had never been done in U.S. history.
During a press conference on Thursday, Garland said he "personally approved" the FBI to execute the warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, where agents spent hours searching on Monday.
"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 earlier this week," Garland said. "That search was a premises located in Florida belonging to the former president."
He added: "The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president's public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter."
It is not immediately clear if Trump or his legal representation currently has a copy of the warrant or the property receipt.
While the FBI did not specifically use the word "raid" — which has been used by Trump and many others including major news outlets — to describe their search warrant on Trump's estate, it has yet to clarify what property was retrieved during the search and why it was executed in the first place.
The release of the search warrant, which was signed by Reinhart, and the property receipt will reveal that information.
Prior to Monday's search warrant, Trump's legal team communicated with and returned 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, including documents that contained classified information.
"My attorneys and representatives were cooperating fully, and very good relationships had been established. The government could have had whatever they wanted, if we had it," Trump said. "They asked us to put an additional lock on a certain area - DONE! Everything was fine, better than that of most previous Presidents, and then, out of nowhere and with no warning, Mar-a-Lago was raided, at 6:30 in the morning, by VERY large numbers of agents, and even 'safecrackers.'"
The former president also said in a separate post that the agency "rummaged through" closets and personal items of former first lady Melania Trump and "left area in a relative mess."
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It's all on Garland now. Trump isn't fighting like he was expected to do. The press will be in a frenzy to find any means to shield Biden and blame Trump. But Biden won't be able to stay out of this now. Will Biden praise or condemn what Garland and the FBI have done? Biden trying to straddle the fence ain't going help his approval ratings. Seems like there's an election in the not too distant future, too.
So many pooches to screw and so little time.
No it's not!
Trump has the same documents Garland is talking about getting a judge's approval to release. Trump can release them RIGHT NOW, if he wanted to, Garland has to wait for a judge's approval. Trump had the ability to release the search warrant 5 minutes after it was presented to him,
Just more faux outrage to stir up the ignorant MAGA crowd.
Garland has a green light. Now the release will be an official government release approved and endorsed by Garland. And since Garland is releasing the documents, it's up to Garland to defend what is in those documents.
Agents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago seized 11 sets of classified documents, unsealed filing shows
Well what do ya know, Trump had unlawfully taken documents covering the entire range of classified documents. Search warrant states, among other things, to seize any documents pertaining to ESPIONAGE ! A former POTUS is being investigated for possible espionage!
"The warrant said it is seeking all “physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of three potential crimes, including a part of the Espionage Act outlawing gathering, transmitting, or losing national defense information.”
Let the spinning begin.
So, what was found excuses how it was found? The ends justify the means?
Garland has to justify those means. Garland has to justify why Biden wasn't briefed. Garland has to justify why a 'no knock' warrant was necessary.
An allegation of espionage makes appealing propaganda. But obviously Trump had legitimate access to highly classified information. A President is in a position to create highly classified information as part of their normal and expected activities. Accusing Trump of being a spy can only backfire in the end.
Garland is responsible for how the FBI investigation and intrusive operation was managed. Garland is responsible for the conduct of the DOJ and FBI. Only Garland can explain the means; Trump can't explain Garland's and Wray's thinking.
It was found by a duly authorized search warrant. Just like every other search warrant.
Once again you are blatantly proud of your lack of even an elementary school level of understanding of American law. The search warrant was justified to a federal judge, who signed off on the search warrant.
Why? Historically POTUS separates himself from the DOJ so as not to make it look political. Do you expect every single warrant the DOJ produces to be approved by POTUS?
And you have to justify your complete and utter lack of any understanding of the American legal system. It was not a "no knock" search warrant.
Citizen Trump has no legitimate access to highly classified information, and that's all he is, a CITIZEN.
Hate to break it to you, but Biden is President. Trump is nothing but a citizen.
And to think this guy was a hairs breath away from sitting on the SCOTUS.
Scary!
Not as scary as a former President being investigated for espionage.
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What's funny is you thinking that people who support Trump are patriots.
Nah, what is really funny though is when someone who never served this country for one damn minute, questions the patriotism of people who volunteered to do just that.
Check that, it’s not funny. It’s a fucking joke
There are patriots and traitors who have never served and there are patriots and traitors who have served. No joke.
Thank you and welcome to human nature. No shit!
It’s comical when internet bad asses, know it all’s and party worker drones here have the temerity to deem who is patriotic and who is not.
It is the epitome ignorance. Nothing more.
I served 20 years, thankfully retired a few years before Obama came in and stripped the military.
Because I am a conservative, most leftists on here deem me as a white supremacist extremist.
It is the reply they were taught to use.
Try acting honorably as becomes an officer and a gentleman!
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No thanks but you are most welcome to do so.
No thanks but you are most welcome to do so.
Your problem is you have the temerity to disagree with the hyper liberal/progressive undertow here on NT. The NT mafia will always attack when you do that. Always.
It’s a badge of honor. Embrace it.
I believe that is 2 "fuck offs" to the same person on the same thread.
Isn't that a ticket?
Garland was a judge on the D.C. District Court of Appeals. And Federal judges are appointed for life.
Garland is an example of a judge who believes the ends justify the means. That's the dangerous attitude that has infested the Federal courts. Activist judges pass judgement on the merits of results and only interpret law to justify obtaining results by any means possible.
All evidenced is that Merrick Garland, the lifelong rock solid Republican former federal prosecutor who managed to convict and execute Timothy McVeigh for the OKC Bombing, has ever been a disciplined, conservative and entirely honorable jurist.
You thinking his desired ends justify any means is projection!
If Garland is half as bad as you say he is, why are you still free?
Garland is a cop. What's the saying? "Fuck the Police".
Merrick Garland is playing the role of Derek Chauvin in this story. Trump is a victim of law enforcement. And, as we've seen with BLM protests, it doesn't matter if Trump is guilty or innocent.
TDS is a very heinous malady that’s for sure.
TDS is only an excuse to ignore the hypocrisy and duplicity of illiberal liberals. Liberals simply cannot be bad because Orange Man Bad.
Amazing! A victim of an out-of-control FBI is being used to defend the FBI? But, hey, the ends justify the means (or is that memes?).