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A federal judge told the Justice Department whether former President Donald Trump would support or oppose the opening of the search warrant and property receipts used by the FBI to search his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday. After giving a deadline to decide, the former president said he wholeheartedly supported the move.
“Release the documents now!” Trump wrote to TRUTH Social at 11:40 p.m. ET Thursday, just hours after the judge’s decision was announced. .
In two posts, Trump called the raids on his Florida mansion “un-American, unjust and unnecessary,” and said he approved the warrant’s “immediate release.”
“Not only do I not oppose the release of documents relating to the un-American, unjust and unnecessary raid and break-in to my home in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, but I encourage immediate Despite being created by future political opponents and radical left Democrats who have a strong and powerful vested interest in attacking me, as they have been for the past six years, , the release of these documents,” the former president wrote. Year.
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Trump also said the raids were part of an “unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement”, suggesting it could be an effort to prevent his re-election.
“My poll numbers are the strongest ever, Republican fundraising is breaking all records, and the midterm elections are just around the corner. This unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement is inappropriate and highly unethical,” he said. “The world is watching our country slip into a new slump not only when it comes to borders, crime, the economy, energy, national security, etc., but also when it comes to sacred elections!”
The two posts come just hours after Justice of the Peace Bruce Reinhart wrote an order on the DOJ’s motion for the opening of warrants and property receipts.
“The United States shall immediately serve a copy of the motion to the legal team of former President Trump,” Reinhart wrote Thursday. The United States shall provide an award certificate that will inform whether former President Trump opposes the government’s motion to lift the seal.”
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The judge’s decision came shortly after Attorney General Merrick Garland broke several days of silence over the FBI’s decision to execute a search warrant at the former president’s home. never been done.
At a press conference Thursday, Garland said he “personally authorized” the FBI to execute a warrant in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, where investigators spent hours searching Monday.
“Just now, the Department of Justice has filed a motion to open search warrants and property receipts related to a court-approved search the FBI conducted earlier this week in the Southern District of Florida. It was a former presidential facility in
He added, “The Department of Justice has filed a motion to release the warrant and receipts in light of the public confirmation of the search for the former president, the circumstances surrounding it, and the substantial public interest in the matter.” rice field.
It is not immediately clear whether Trump or his legal representatives currently have copies of warrants or property receipts.
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Although the FBI has not specifically used the term “raid”, which is used by Trump and many other media outlets, including major news outlets, to describe a search warrant against Trump’s property, It has not yet revealed which property was removed during the search or why. It ran first.
The issuance of a search warrant signed by Reinhardt and receipt of the property will reveal that information.
Before Monday’s search warrant, Trump’s legal team returned 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, including documents containing classified information.
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“My lawyers and agents were fully cooperating and a very good relationship had been established. could have done,” Trump said. “They asked us to install additional locks in certain areas – done! All was well, better than most previous presidents. by numerous agents and even “safecrackers”. ”
In a separate post, the former president said the agency “rumbled” former first lady Melania Trump’s closet and personal belongings and “left the area in relative disarray.”
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Trump added:
Fox News’ Tyler Olson and Associated Press contributed to this report.