On Monday night, the FBI executed a search warrant on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
A day after the raid, it was revealed that the search warrant was not related to any other investigation in to President Trump, including the ongoing investigation that the January 6th Committee is carrying out in the aftermath of the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.
Senior officials at the Department of Justice have admitted that the raid backfired ‘spectacularly’ after high-ranking Republican officials and some Democratic politicians accused Merrick Garland of politicizing the Department of Justice.
On Thursday, Garland attempted to do damage control at a press conference.
During the press conference, he admitted that he ‘personally approved’ the decision to raid President Trump’s home.
Garland: "I personally approved" the Mar-a-Lago raid. pic.twitter.com/qw8HJOcsGZ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 11, 2022
Garland also defended the FBI’s integrity, saying that he would not “stand by silently” while their integrity is “unfairly attacked”.
Garland: "I will not stand by silently while the [FBI's] integrity is unfairly attacked… The men and women of the FBI and the DOJ are dedicated and patriotic public servants." pic.twitter.com/mK5k6p3O7K
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 11, 2022
Twitter users swiftly reacted to the press conference.
The Senior Editor at The Federalist, David Harsanyi, said that the general public has a good reason to distrust Garland’s integrity after he directed the FBI to investigate parents who were concerend about covid lockdowns and mask mandates in public schools.
Sorry, we have no reason to trust Garland’s integrity after he directed the DOJ to investigate parents who were protesting school boards over issues critical race theory and mask mandates as terror threats.
— Who Is David Harsanyi? (@davidharsanyi) August 11, 2022
Another user made a remark about Garland’s refusal to take questions, saying that “garland will not take any questions but you can learn more when his staff leaks to the new york times and cnn”
garland will not take any questions but you can learn more when his staff leaks to the new york times and cnn
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) August 11, 2022
President Trump also responded to Garland’s press conference, saying that his attorney’s were ‘cooperating fully’ with the Department of Justice prior to the raid.
In Never Trumper land, liberal hysteric Jennifer Rubin tweeted yesterday that Merrick Garland does not ‘owe us any explanation’ over the Mar-a-Lago raid conducted on Monday, defending the DOJ’s initial decision to not unseal the search warrant.
I just went somewhat bonkers on this on MSNBC. No, Garland does NOT owe us any explanation. NO he cannot disclose what's going on with the grand jury. oy.
— Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) August 11, 2022
Less than a day later, after Garland revealed in his press conference that he would file a motion to unseal the warrant, Rubin called his decision ‘brilliant’.
brilliant by @AG: tells everyone Trump has the warrant and manifest, not otherwise going to talk about and defends his guys. No more. No less. Bravo.
— Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) August 11, 2022