The government is investigating Trump for potential violation of three criminal statutes.
Little has been divulged by the Justice Department about the decision to retrieve White House records with an unannounced search of Mar-a-Lago on Monday. Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed Friday that he had “personally approved” the extraordinary step to seek the warrant, and the Justice Department made the warrant public on Friday, revealing that the government is investigating Trump for potential violation of three criminal statutes, including the .
The former president was indignant that the FBI had undertaken a surprise search of Mar-a-Lago and suggested that his team had been complying with the government’s requests.
“[T]hey didn’t need to “seize” anything,” he said in a Truth Social post Friday. “They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago.
