With a brief statement on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland broke the Department of Justice's (DOJ) silence following Monday's search of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. The nation's top prosecutor confirmed that he personally signed-off on the decision to send agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to Trump's Palm Beach resort. Garland then announced that the Justice Department had applied to unseal the search warrant.
"The public's clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing," the DOJ's motion reads.
