The Minister of Justice “personally approved” the raid warrant and the “FBI” denounces the threats against him
The FBI searched for nuclear documents at Trump's home
Merrick Garland delivers a statement about the FBI's search of Donald Trump's home.
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The Washington Post reported that FBI agents were searching for documents linked to nuclear weapons when they searched the home of former President Donald Trump in Florida.
While US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he "personally approved" the Trump administration's search warrant, FBI agents said that the escalation of threats against them after the raid on Trump's residence had encouraged violence against law enforcement authorities, considering this to be "unacceptable."
In detail, the Washington Post said yesterday that FBI agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons, when they searched Trump's home in Florida this week.
It was not clear if the documents were found at Trump's home in Palm Beach's Mar-a-Lago resort, the newspaper added.
The Justice Department asked a judge to release the warrant under which the FBI searched Trump's home, after the former president called it political revenge.
The move was part of an investigation into whether Trump illegally removed records from the White House while leaving office in January 2021, some of which the Justice Department believes are classified.
An informed source said that the FBI confiscated about 10 boxes from Trump's home during the search.
Trump was not in Florida when the police raided his home.
Late Thursday, Trump called for documents related to the inspection to be released immediately.
“Not only will I not oppose the publication of documents related to the unauthorized, unnecessary and unauthorized raid on my home in Palm Pets in Mar-a-Lago, France, but I will take the additional step of urging the immediate release of these documents,” he wrote in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Trump considered that "an attack like this can only happen in the collapsed third world countries."
The Ministry of Justice came under fire and online threats following the search.
Trump supporters and some fellow Republicans in Washington have accused Democrats of using positions of responsibility as a weapon to target Trump.
For his part, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he had "personally approved" the search warrant for Trump's home in Florida, and condemned "unfounded attacks" against the FBI following the unprecedented move.
"I personally approved the decision to obtain the search warrant in this case," Graland said at a press conference, stressing that "the ministry does not take such a decision lightly."
Garland described the attacks on the FBI as "unjustified."
He said, "I will not stand idly by" when the elements of the (FBI) are "unfairly attacked."
The raid, which was carried out by the Bureau of Investigation, elicited conflicting reactions.
Senior Republicans were quick to show support for the former president.
Mike Pence, a former representative of Trump and a potential challenger in 2024, expressed "deep concern" about the search of Trump's home, and said it showed "partisan bias" on the part of the Department of Justice.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy accused the FBI and the Department of Justice of "armed politicization."
Republican Senator Ted Cruz said the FBI had become a "dog attacker to help Democrats," while Republican Congressman Paul Gosar tweeted, "We must destroy the FBI."
Pro-Trump Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked the agency, speaking of a "civil war".
Analysts say that Garland threw the ball in Trump's court, who asserts that the inspection was unjustified and was carried out for political reasons.
This raises a number of questions.
So is the FBI search related to the many boxes Trump took with him when he left the White House in January 2021?
Or does it have anything to do with the investigation into his responsibility for the attack on the Capitol?
Or is it rather about the suspicions of financial fraud swirling around the Trump Organization in New York?
FBI agents announced that the escalation of threats against them after the raid on Trump's residence had encouraged violence against law enforcement authorities, considering this to be "unacceptable."
"Private agents and their families should never be threatened with violence, including for the performance of their work," the Association for the Defense of FBI agents said in a statement.
She added that "the threats made recently, contribute to creating an atmosphere in which some will accept or will accept violence against law enforcement authorities."
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