![]() Fox News Channel personalities have argued that the Justice Department should simply have issued a subpoena for the material. Tonight, Trump said he would not oppose the document’s release, but he didn’t release them himself, so we’ll see what tomorrow brings.Īnother right-wing talking point about the search fell apart today as well. ![]() This should play out quickly: a judge this afternoon told the DOJ to discuss with Trump’s lawyer whether Trump objects to unsealing the documents and to let the judge know by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. They have contacted outside lawyers about helping them.” Essentially, the DOJ just called his bluff.Īt the New York Times, Katie Benner reported that already “Trump allies are discussing the possibility of challenging the Justice Department’s motion to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. This motion means that the DOJ has made a strong case to get permission to release them…unless Trump objects. He and his supporters have been demanding the documents be released, although the DOJ cannot release them and Trump can. The motion also throws the ball into Trump’s court, saying “the former President should have an opportunity to respond to this Motion and lodge objections….” This boxes Trump in. Attorney Juan Gonzalez and by Jay Bratt, the chief of the department’s counterintelligence section. The DOJ motion to unseal the search warrant tells us a bit more. He also reminded people that “the Department of Justice will speak through its court filings and its work.” All Americans are entitled to the evenhanded application of the law, to due process of the law, and to the presumption of innocence.” ![]() Under my watch that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing. Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor. “Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. Garland explained the principle at stake. They do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves.” Every day they protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism, and other threats to their safety while safeguarding our civil rights. Garland also defended FBI agents against attacks on them, saying, “The men and women of the FBI and the Justice Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. Because of the public interest in the matter-and to clear up confusion over it-the department is asking a judge to unseal the documents. ![]() Garland said that he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant, and he also pointed out that the Department of Justice did not publicize the search the former president did. Had Trump wanted to release them, he could have…and he still can, at any time.Ĭontrary to right-wing reports, Trump’s lawyer was at Mar-a-Lago during the search, which a federal court authorized after finding probable cause. He also confirmed that copies of the warrant and the property receipt were left with Trump, as regulations require. This afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a brief press conference in which he announced that the unjustified attacks on the Department of Justice (DOJ) have led it to file a motion to unseal the search warrant the FBI used and a redacted version of the receipt for the things removed from the premises. Since Monday’s search of former president Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property by the FBI, Trump, Trump supporters, and right-wing media have all been accusing the government of executing a political vendetta and speculating that FBI agents might have planted evidence on the property.
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