WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday afternoon that the Department of Justice is issuing a statement. To address the FBI's execution of a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's home in Florida earlier this week.
The Department did not disclose in advance what the subject matter of Garland's statement was.
The former president revealed that the FBI had executed a search warrant in Mar-a-Lago, a source told CBS News that the search resulted in the Justice Department's handling of Trump's {13 Presidential Records.The National Archives and Records Administration recovered 15 boxes of Presidential Records. Did. Among them wereclassified national security materials. -Mid-January Lago and called the Department of Justice to investigate.
During a raid earlier this week, the FBI seized boxes and papers, two sources confirmed to his CBS News, No electronics were taken out. One official said some or all of the seized records contained classified information.
Trump and his Republican supporters were quick to denounce the investigation, claiming without evidence that it was a politically motivated attack on a challenger to the 2024 presidency of Biden. If Republicans win control of the House in his November midterm elections, open an inquiry to the Justice Department and tell Garland in a tweet to keep the record and prepare to testify next year. increase.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans called on Garland to explain the incident.
