The Latest Breaking News from Merrick Garland

The inventory and search warrant confirms the FBI removed classified documents that were only meant to be kept in secure government facilities.

The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate has already sent reverberations across the country even as new details emerge about what federal agents were looking for in the investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence

The former president has said he does not oppose a Justice Department bid to make public the contents of the search warrant

Trump says he is encouraging justice department to ‘release the documents now’

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said he supported the release of documents related to the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week, including a copy of the search warrant and a receipt of items that agents took from the property.

Suspected presence of such files could explain why US attorney general took step of ordering FBI agents into Trump home

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is moving to unseal the search warrant and itemized receipt of what was taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday in his first public comments since the FBI search was conducted.

The search was carried out under the fear that sensitive documents held by Trump could fall into the wrong hands

Garland claps back against days of fevered criticism claiming that the search was part of a politically motivated scheme to discredit the former president.

Government officials were reportedly concerned information was ‘potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands’

The problem is only getting worse.