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Mary Trump, the niece of former President Donald Trump, said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that her uncle never anticipated Attorney General Merrick Garland was a “ninja,” presumably for announcing the Justice Department is willing to unseal the search warrant and property receipt for the raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Thursday at a press conference, Garland said, “The Department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter. Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. Under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing.” Host Ari Melber asked, “Donald Trump searched on Monday, pleaded the Fifth on Wednesday, now called out by the attorney general with a … [Read more...] about Mary Trump: Donald Didn’t Think Someone Who Looked Like ‘Merrick Garland Is Actually a Ninja’

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Attorney General Merrick Garland must step down or be impeached following the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home. “At a minimum, Garland must resign or be impeached. The search warrant must be published. Christopher Wray must be removed. And the FBI reformed top to bottom,” he wrote in a social media post Tuesday: At a minimum, Garland must resign or be impeached. The search warrant must be published. Christoper Wray must be removed. And the FBI reformed top to bottom. — Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 9, 2022 In another post, Hawley specifically blasted “the raid by Joe Biden’s FBI” at the residence of a former president, noting Trump is Biden’s chief political opponent. “The raid by Joe Biden’s FBI on the home of a former president who is also Biden’s chief political opponent is an unprecedented assault on democratic norms and the rule of law. Biden has taken our republic into dangerous waters,” he wrote: The raid by Joe … [Read more...] about Hawley: AG Garland ‘Must Resign’ After Raid on Trump’s Home

Judicial watchdog JCN is targeting Attorney General Merrick Garland as part of a $10 million ad campaign against Democrats for stoking the flames of violence against Supreme Court justices. The $1 million Garland ad, titled “Twelve Years,” is premised on the fact Garland and now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh were colleagues on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Pointing out that Kavanaugh is being “harassed, threatened, even an armed assassin was after him” in the wake of the decision to overturn infamous pro-abortion case Roe v. Wade , the ad says Garland “could stop it, but doesn’t.” Watch: The ad calls on Garland to “uphold the rule of law, protect his former colleagues, and the Court.” “Instead,” it continues, “he’s cowering to the woke mob.” “Twelve Years” will begin airing Thursday, 101 days after the leak of the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — the opinion that saw leftists react violently and attempt … [Read more...] about Watch: JCN Targets Merrick Garland for ‘Cowering to the Woke Mob’

Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed Thursday he personally authorized the FBI’s Monday raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home, contrary to previous reporting on the subject. “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant,” Garland said during his brief Thursday press conference on the matter. He did not take any questions after speaking. GARLAND: “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant…” Well folks, there it is. pic.twitter.com/v5pQ0JpXEU — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 11, 2022 FBI agents executed a search warrant on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property early Monday morning to seize documents related to files Trump had taken after he left office belonging to the National Archives. Garland’s claims run counter to reporting by Newsweek on Tuesday, in which a senior Biden official told the outlet that Garland had no prior knowledge of the search, and was not asked to approve the raid. (RELATED: ‘Department Of … [Read more...] about Merrick Garland Says He ‘Personally Approved’ Mar-A-Lago Raid

After nearly three days of silence and continued questions, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice has filed a motion to unseal documents explaining the legal reasoning behind the raid on Mar-a-Lago Monday night, with Garland revealing he personally approved the search of former President Donald Trump’s oceanside estate in Florida and saying he and the DOJ did not take the decision lightly. “The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president's public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter,” Garland said at an afternoon press conference. The evidence of a potential crime—as well as which specific crimes may have been committed—will be listed on the documents in question, which are the search warrant and a redacted version of the “Property Receipt,” which lists the items that were seized and would offer additional clues about what … [Read more...] about Feds Move to Unseal Trump Warrant in Mar-a-Lago Raid, Garland Announces

Former President Donald Trump tore into the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago home following the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s speech. The former president said Thursday in a statement that his attorneys and representatives fully cooperated with the Justice Department’s investigation into a handful of reportedly classified White House documents sent to his private residence. “My attorneys and representatives were cooperating fully, and very good relationships had been established. The government could have had whatever they wanted, if we had it,” Trump said. “They asked us to put an additional lock on a certain area—DONE! Everything was fine, better than that of most previous Presidents, and then, out of nowhere and with no warning, Mar-a-Lago was raided, at 6:30 in the morning, by VERY large numbers of agents, and even “safecrackers.” They got way ahead of themselves. Crazy!” New Trump Statement after Garland’s presser—> He defends the documents that they turned over as … [Read more...] about ‘Got Way Ahead Of Themselves’: Trump Tears Into Raid After Merrick Garland Speech

close Video Attorney General Garland and Wray show 'utter lack of integrity and rectitude': Jarrett Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett criticizes key players in the FBI's raid of former President Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago on 'Hannity.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The confident predictions of Donald Trump’s sartorial refitting from blue custom suits to orange jumpsuits are, as always, premature and overwrought. Hysteria is what members of the liberal media do best. Furious assumptions and wanton speculation are their specialties. They are terminally allergic to the meaning and nuance of laws. Facts are trifling matters that tend to impede their favored narrative. But in the interest of truth and accuracy, let’s explore a few salient facts and relevant laws that the mainstream press would never bother to consider in their zeal to convict the former president of something—anything. To prove a case that Trump stole … [Read more...] about Merrick Garland’s case against Trump is dangerously problematic

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) shared speculation on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak that the FBI’s seizure of his personal mobile phone was a “reprisal” for his move to impeach U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021. Perry described the seizing of his phone by the FBI as “an incredible violation” of his constitutional rights and privacy. “I have an official phone and I have my personal phone,” he stated. “Just to be clear, they seized my personal phone, which unfortunately, and so oftentimes unwittingly, you kind of go back and forth. I talk to my wife and my family almost exclusively on my personal phone. There are texts, emails, photographs of my children playing and growing up, pictures of our pets, and the dog, and all those kind of things on there, but there are also conversations, emails, etcetera, with other legislators and other constituents, and I think that’s a point that needs to be made.” The FBI’s seizure of his phone conflicts with … [Read more...] about Exclusive–Rep. Scott Perry: FBI Taking My Phone May Be Garland’s ‘Reprisal’

Democratic strategist James Carville has a message for people who are doubting Merrick Garland : Just wait. “People are like, well, but let’s wait and see a little bit. And this is like the top of the first inning. I mean, remember Merrick Garland is like a pit viper. He prosecuted the Oklahoma City bomber case, the Unabomber case , the Olympic bomber case. And I think these guys are really methodical,” Carville says on this episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast. Even if he didn’t have faith in Garland, Trump and the MAGA Republicans are not doing themselves any favors, Carville says. “Their defenses are just literally absurd. I mean, absurd. Like ‘he can declassify anything he wants,’ says Carville. Plus, “you ask ‘Why did Trump want all these documents?’ And the answer is the most logical reason: He was gonna sell them.” Carville also lists all of the very smart *sarcasm* GOP-ers running for office this midterm season and “everyone’s favorite … [Read more...] about ‘Viper’ Merrick Garland’s Trump FBI Raid Is Only the ‘First Inning’

Jeanine Pirro told her co-hosts Tuesday on FNC’s “The Five” that Attorney General Merrick Garland has egg on his face after the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. Pirro said, “Let’s remember who is conducting this hearing on Thursday, the same judge who signed the warrant, OK? So you’ve got this judge who signed a warrant that apparently was messed up from the get-go. I’ll tell you why, if it were a search warrant and they made a decision to go beyond with a court order, they had to be some exigent circumstances, had to be some emergency. Then we find out that Merrick Garland waited weeks before he actually made a final decision on that. Then we find out that even before then, in June, the president was cooperating with the National Archives people who sent him a thank you note for cooperating.” She continued, “With this hearing, the judge has to decide, look, we’ve got the American public’s interest in this, but the Department of Justice is saying, no, … [Read more...] about FNC’s Pirro: There’s ‘Egg on the Face’ of Garland, FBI, DOJ