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Attorney General Garland says he personally approved Trump search, will release warrant...Garland is the highest-ranking DOJ official to speak since the FBI's raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence
Just The News ^ | Updated: August 11, 2022 - 3:33pm | By Madeleine Hubbard

Posted on 08/11/2022 12:36:08 PM PDT by Red Badger

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he personally approved the search of Donald Trump's home this week and has filed a motion to unseal the warrant authorizing the raid of Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

Garland made a brief statement Thursday, the first since the FBI's raid Monday.

Garland said he personally approved the search of Trump's home and that the agency had probable cause.

Trump posted on his platform, Truth Social, minutes after the press conference.

"I continue to ask, what happened to the 33 Million pages of documents taken to Chicago by President Obama? The Fake News Media refuses to talk about that. They want it CANCELED!" he wrote.

Garland defended the integrity of the FBI and DOJ amid allegations that agents could have planted evidence.

FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to answer a question on Wednesday about allegations that agents were planting evidence in Trump's home. Instead, he said he was concerned about threats facing law enforcement following the raid.

On Thursday, the FBI's Cincinnati Field Office said an armed suspect attempted to breach its visitor center, resulting in a subsequent chase.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrestgarland; creepstate; deepstate; garlandpresser; lawlessregime; maralagoraid; merrickgarland; policestate; raid; singlepartystate; trump
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1 posted on 08/11/2022 12:36:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Garland= ferret faced Himmler wannabe


2 posted on 08/11/2022 12:37:13 PM PDT by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will not purchase Coke Products- Get woke go broke-)
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To: Red Badger

I think the breaking news about this nothing burger presser is that he did this because there was a “public interest” in this case? HUH? Is that a legal term?


3 posted on 08/11/2022 12:37:23 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Nazi POS does whatever he pleases against political opponents who’ve broken no laws


4 posted on 08/11/2022 12:39:19 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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Full Statement: Attorney general Merrick Garland comments on Trump raid
https://rumble.com/v1fninr-full-attorney-general-merrick-garland-statement-on-trump-raid.html


5 posted on 08/11/2022 12:39:21 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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6 posted on 08/11/2022 12:39:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: slapshot

Garland has all the personality and likeability of Henrich Himmler. And that is none and none.


7 posted on 08/11/2022 12:40:57 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Red Badger

The warrant as it was waved from yards away, or the rewritten one?


8 posted on 08/11/2022 12:41:27 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: slapshot

Don’t insult the ferrets. I used to have one.....................


9 posted on 08/11/2022 12:41:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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3 days to speak.
If this had been an above board investigation he would’ve been ready with a press conference in day ONE.


10 posted on 08/11/2022 12:41:29 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: combat_boots

We’ll never know....................


11 posted on 08/11/2022 12:42:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Gee, ten minutes ago we had “It wasn’t me!”. All lies all the time. 🙅


12 posted on 08/11/2022 12:43:06 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Need to see affidavit. The search warrant affidavit has to be specific not only about the place to be searched, but this purported evidence or criminal activity that forms the basis for the search request. Police can seize only what is described in the warrant, pursuant to the underlying affidavit.


13 posted on 08/11/2022 12:43:52 PM PDT by navysealdad (http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
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To: Red Badger

lol

his attempt to seem above reproach was a joke.

The FACT is, if Trump were a Democrat there wouldn’t even be an investigation MUCH LESS A RAID!

You can “say” justice is blind! but when you CHOOSE who to target and go fishing for SOMETHING, ANYTHING that they might have done wrong so you can “apply the law equally to both the weak and the powerful” you are perverting justice!


14 posted on 08/11/2022 12:44:35 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: navysealdad

Apparently they wanted to see if Melania wears white after Labor Day...........................


15 posted on 08/11/2022 12:45:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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My opinion is that the Dems, via Garland and the FBI, "rescued" declassified documents pertaining to Russiagate etc. Releasing the truth would ruin the Dems, deep state and their J6 circus.
16 posted on 08/11/2022 12:47:33 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Red Badger
Fun fact:

Are ferrets and badgers related?

Ferrets are mustelids.

The Mustelidae family is the weasel family which includes otters, badgers, skunks, pine martens, polecats, wolverines, and more!


17 posted on 08/11/2022 12:47:42 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger
So the Newsweek report lied (or repeated the lie from an unnamed DOJ official). They're trying to provide cover now:

"The senior Justice Department source says that Garland was regularly briefed on the Records Act investigation, and that he knew about the grand jury and what material federal prosecutors were seeking. He insists, though, that Garland had no prior knowledge of the date and time of the specific raid, nor was he asked to approve it. "I know it's hard for people to believe," says the official, "but this was a matter for the U.S. Attorney and the FBI.""

18 posted on 08/11/2022 12:48:07 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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Garland first had his own people question the FBI goon squad raiders just who and to what extent the raiders sifted through Melania Trump’s personal clothing. He can’t be sure if video and audio of the raid and the sifting exists. Ultimately Garland is responsible for how the goons behaved.


19 posted on 08/11/2022 12:48:19 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Tench_Coxe
Newsweek link:

Exclusive: An Informer Told the FBI What Docs Trump Was Hiding, and Where

20 posted on 08/11/2022 12:51:28 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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