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Published: August 11, 2022

‘Witch hunt’: AG Merrick Garland says he approved FBI raid on Trump’s residence

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Biden administration attorney general Merrick Garland said Thursday that he personally gave the go-ahead for the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s residence earlier this week. The raid has stunned the nation and drawn widespread condemnation as the corrupt action of a “banana republic.”

During an August 11 press conference, Garland said he “personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant” of Trump’s residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, adding the “department does not take such a decision lightly.”

“The search warrant was authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause,” he explained, stopping short at explaining how probable cause was determined. 

AG Merrick Garland delivers a statement about the FBI raiding Trump: “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this manner.” pic.twitter.com/mIhawVK3o9

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 11, 2022

Garland, who

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