The Latest Breaking News from Merrick Garland

Donald Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their baseless claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents may have “planted” evidence when they searched his Mar-a-Lago home for missing White House records. But those claims are unlikely to stand up in court.

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.

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Garland said the move was in the name of transparency, as part of his pledge that the Justice Department would "speak through its work."

Ex-President Donald Trump, who has declined so far to reveal FBI warrant’s contents, says will not oppose its release.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is moving to unseal the search warrant and the 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, his first public comments since the FBI search took place.

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In a social media posting, Trump added that he encourages "the immediate release of those documents."