Breaking: Attorney General Garland Says He ‘Personally Approved’ Mar-a-Lago Raid

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he “personally approved” the FBI search of former president Donald Trump’s personal residence at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week.

He said the decision to perform the search was not “taken lightly.”

Garland added that the Justice Department has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant that FBI agents used to search Trump’s residence.

Trump released a statement on Monday saying federal agents raided his private residence despite him having cooperated with authorities for months to return documents he allegedly took from the White House after his term.

The National Archives and Records Administration recovered 15 boxes of records in January, including items "marked as classified national security information."

Attorney General Garland Says He ‘Personally Approved’ Mar-a-Lago Raid Garland also announced that the DOJ has requested that the search warrant for Trump’s residence be ... READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.