US attorney general cites ‘substantial public interest in this matter’ in announcing the request
The US justice department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of Donald Trump,The attorney general cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled justice department news conference.raid on the former US president’s resort home of Mar-a-Lago earlier in the week. That search was part of an investigation into whether Trump took classified records from the White House.
Those familiar with the investigation didn’t provide additional details about the information agents were seeking, including whether it involved weapons owned the by the US or another nation. Neither did they say if documents were recovered, the Washington Post reported. In a brief press conference announcing the move Garland said he personally authorized the decision to seek a search warrant of Trump’s home and that the decision had not been “taken lightly”.
The fury of the Republican response has prompted fears that FBI agents and officials could be placed in danger. Earlier on Thursday, an armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in. The man then fled and exchanged gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said.
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