Justice Department seeks to unseal search warrant of Trump home

11 August 2022, 20:44

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Mr Garland cited the ‘substantial public interest in this matter’.

The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Mr Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled Justice Department news conference.

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An aerial view of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate (Steve Helber/AP)

Mr Garland also said that he personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach earlier this year.

It was not immediately clear if and when the unsealing request, filed in federal court in Miami, might be granted or when the documents could be released.

Mr Garland also cited the fact that Mr Trump himself had provided the first public confirmation of the FBI search, and the attorney general said that disclosing information about it now would not harm the court’s functions.

The attorney general condemned verbal attacks on FBI and Justice Department personnel over the search.

“I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked,” he said, calling them “dedicated, patriotic public servants”.

By Press Association

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