The Mar-a-Lago Raid: What Happened and What's Next
There are a lot of unanswered questions following the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.
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There are a lot of unanswered questions following the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.
The FBI said in a statement it "follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that we do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes."
Well, it was quite a week! On Aug. 8, roughly 30 federal agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump—an unprecedented action. While Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray have acknowledged approving the filing of the search warrant application–which was approved by a federal magistrate judge–President Joe Biden has denied having any advanced notice of the raid.
In a 13-page response to The Palm Beach Post and others, prosecutors said releasing the docment would cause "irreparable harm" to their investigation.
Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump asked a judge not to unseal an affidavit related to the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago...