In mid-July, a reporter asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland whether the Justice Department’s investigation into attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election could eventually turn its gaze toward Donald Trump.
“No person is above the law,” Garland answered. “I’ll say that again. No person is above the law in this country. I can’t say it any more clearly than that.”
Garland’s reply centered on the 2020 election and the events surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. But it also applies to the FBI’s search Monday at the former president’s sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate. Agents executed a search warrant at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, residence as part of an investigation into whether he took classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago when he left office.
