Garland Says He 'Personally Approved' Trump Search Warrant Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed during a brief Thursday speech that he personally approved the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, and that the DOJ has asked a federal court to unseal the document. Garland: "I personally approved" the Mar-a-Lago raid. pic.twitter.com/qw8HJOcsGZ — Greg Price (@greg_price11) https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1557806475015331840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); "Just now, the Justice Department has filed a motion in the Southern District of Florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court approved search that the FBI conducted earlier this week," Garland said. 35 min wait for: 1. doj will unseal the warrant and property receipt barring an objection from trump 2. garland personally approved the raid 3. stop being mean to the FBI 4. that's all, folks — T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1557807313095892993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Trump allies have suggested that the warrant was politically motivated, while Trump himself said on Truth Social on Wednesday that the FBI may have planted evidence. It's no accident or coincidence that the grand juries involved in Jan. 6 and the National Archives are under the control of the same United States attorney in Washington, D.C., Matthew Graves, who is an Obama-Biden leftist, as is his wife. — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1557829554802147330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); The search is connected to an investigation on whether Trump unlawfully retained presidential records - including classified materials, following his departure from office in January 2021. garland will not take any questions but you can learn more when his staff leaks to the new york times and cnn — Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) https://twitter.com/SaysSimonson/status/1557806606976532481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Kind of crazy to think that Merrick Garland may have posed less of a threat to the republic as a Supreme Court justice than as an incompetent, vindictive, corrupt AG. — Mollie (@MZHemingway) https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1557811278084616192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); According to US Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez from the Southern District of Florida, "The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing" the warrant. Jay I. Bratt, the Justice Department’s chief for Counterintelligence and Export Control Section National Security Division, co-signed the document. According to the four-page motion, a judge signed and approved of the search warrant on Aug. 5, the Friday before the search was executed. The Justice Department also seeks to reveal the property receipt listing the seized items and filed today with the court. Shortly after the government’s filing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart set a speedy pace to determine whether Trump opposes unsealing. -Law & Crime "On or before 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 12, 2022, the United States shall file a certificate of conferral advising whether former President Trump opposes the Government’s motion to unseal," Reinhart wrote. FROM MY SOURCE To obtain a criminal search warrant, the government must identify 1) the specific item to be seized; 2) the specific location of that item; and 3) that specific item is at that specific location at that precise moment. — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1557820615255539712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); At Mar-a-Lago, Trump is surrounded by 2 types of people: 1) political loyalists 2) law enforcement officers in the Secret Service Only the LE officers would have an ethical and/or legal duty to report observations of criminal conduct to fellow law enforcement officers. — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1557820617075867651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Therefore, it would seem more likely than not that the probable cause for the search warrant was based on information provided by the President’s Secret Service security detail. — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1557820617977745408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); "You're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red!" pic.twitter.com/6PxjkbZfxG — Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1557807517673062400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); * * * US Attorney General Merrick Garland will make a statement to the media at 2:30 pm ET on Thursday, following the FBI's Monday raid on Mar-a-Lago. Garland has found himself in the crosshairs of conservatives, who claim that the establishment has once again 'weaponized' the DOJ against Donald Trump. Watch live: Sen. Rand Paul and other conservatives have called for an investigation. "And if it warrants it, there’s going to have to be a look at whether or not the attorney general has misused his office for political purposes. Have they gone after a political opponent? I mean, this is beyond the pale," he told Fox News on Wednesady. "No one would have ever imagined before that we would be using or one political party would be using the FBI to attack their political opponents." Tyler Durden Thu, 08/11/2022 - 19:09