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Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes over the weekend, asking for more information on the reasons behind the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid. rice field.
The former U.S. president’s unprecedented operation at home has prompted questions from both parties, with Intel Commission Chairman Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla. ) hopes to get an answer.
In a statement to Axios, Rubio said, “Attorney General Garland argued in his remarks that there are substantial public interests in executing the unprecedented search warrant against President Trump.” We have asked the Department to share certain information documents seized from Mar-a-Lago on a classified basis.”
A spokesperson for the Intel Commission told the outlet that the handling of classified information, which appears to be a key issue in the investigation, is one of the counterintelligence issues the commission is focusing on.
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A spokesperson said the commission is seeking a review of classified information recovered in the raid and an “assessment of the potential risks to national security as a result of their mishandling.”
Fox News reached out to the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for comment, but neither responded immediately.
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Warner and Rubio aren’t the only ones with questions about the FBI raid. Many Republicans have accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the DOJ for political purposes, an accusation the White House denies, but former Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , asked the DOJ to explain to avoid being viewed as a political tool.
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In a tweet, Cuomo said, “The Justice Department must immediately explain the reasons for the investigation and it must be more than a search of unimportant archives. It would undermine the credibility of the investigation and the legitimacy of the January 6th investigation.”