on Friday.Īccording to the court filing, the Justice Department calls for the unsealing of the documents given the heightened public interest in the case, but it makes clear that the former president should be given the opportunity to say whether he has "legitimate privacy interests" that could cause harm if they are made public. The federal judge in Florida had ordered the government to give the filing to Trump immediately and set the deadline for a possible objection to 3 p.m. In order for the motion to unseal the search warrant and property receipt to proceed, Trump was given the opportunity to respond and object. He did not provide any further details about the nature of the search or other DOJ matters but he said more information would be made available. "Where possible it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken," Garland said. He also said he personally approved the decision to seek that search warrant, one that the department did not make lightly, he added. A property receipt is a document left with the property owner after a search like this takes place. "Both the warrant and the FBI property receipt were provided on the day of the search to the former president's counsel, who was on site during the search," Garland said. Trump's attorneys had been given copies of the documents and the former president could release them at any time if he chooses to.Ī federal judge in Florida had given the Justice Department until Friday afternoon to confer with Trump's attorneys and advise the court as to whether Trump objects to the release of the warrant authorizing the search on Monday and the property receipt for what was taken.Įarlier Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice has asked a federal court in Florida to unseal the search warrant served at Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence three days ago, as well as a property receipt for what was taken. In his posting, Trump goes on to attack the investigation in political terms as he has since he revealed it on Monday.
He added that he encourages "the immediate release of those documents." Attorney General Merrick Garland made remarks Thursday regarding the FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home that took place earlier this week.įormer President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform late Thursday night that he will not oppose the release of documents related to the search of Mar-a-Lago by federal investigators.
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