ASV ex-president Donald Trump has said he does not object to the release of the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week, writes the British broadcaster BBC.
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In a statement, Trump said he was urging the “immediate release” of the warrant, but reiterated his claim that the search was unnecessary and politically motivated.
The US Department of Justice has made a rare request to a Florida court to make the warrant public. If the court agrees, the documents will become available to the public. It could also confirm the reason for Monday’s search of Trump’s property in Florida, which has not yet been disclosed by the Justice Department.
The FBI raid is believed to be related to an investigation into whether the former president removed secret and classified documents from the White House. Documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items sought by FBI agents at Mar-a-Lago, the Washington Post reported, citing anonymous sources. The sources did not tell the newspaper whether the information was related to the weapons of the United States or any other country.
“Not only do I not object to the release of documents related to the un-American, unwarranted and unnecessary raid and intrusion of my home in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, but I am going one step further by urging the immediate release of these documents,” Trump said. in the announcement.
Earlier, US Attorney General Merrick Garland (pictured below) revealed that he personally approved the issuance of the search warrant. Until now, the Justice Department has followed its usual practice of staying silent during an active investigation, and documents such as search warrants traditionally remain unreleased pending an ongoing investigation. But Garland said he is asking the court to make documents related to the search warrant public in the public interest.
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Monday’s raid was the first time in American history that a former president’s home was searched as part of a criminal investigation, the media noted. Trump and other Republicans have denounced the move as politically motivated, but during a press conference Thursday, Garland defended FBI agents and Justice Department officials. “I will not stand in silence when him [FIB darbinieku] integrity is being unfairly attacked,” the attorney general told reporters.
Trump’s lawyer, Lindsay Halligan, said his legal team is considering whether to issue a warrant before the judge makes a decision. The possibility of disclosing photos and videos of the search was also considered, she said.
FBI agents at “Mar-a-Lago” had asked to turn off the video surveillance cameras, but the Trump team refused to comply with these instructions, the US media “CBS News” reported. Trump’s Secret Service protection team was not involved in the dispute over the cameras because the cameras are privately owned and controlled, CBS added.
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