Garland defends the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Source: Politico | August 11, 2022 | Kyle Cheney

The Justice Department moved to unseal portions of the search warrant executed at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump.

The Justice Department on Thursday moved to unseal portions of the search warrant executed at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump.

“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” prosecutors revealed in a court filing connected to the search warrant.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the news moments after the department filed the motion in federal court in Florida.

“I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in the latter,” he said, sharply rejecting criticism of the department lodged by Trump and his allies following the search of his estate.

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