Former President Donald Trump has called for the “immediate” release of a warrant that on Monday authorized an FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
Trump said he would not oppose the Department of Justice‘s efforts to make the warrant public in a post on his social media site Truth Social late on Thursday night.
“Not only will I not oppose the release of documents related to the unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in of my home in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents, even though they have been drawn up by radical left Democrats and possible future political opponents, who have a strong and powerful vested interest in attacking me, much as they have done for the last 6 years…” the former president wrote.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced earlier on Thursday that the DOJ had asked a federal judge in Florida to unseal the warrant.
Trump has until 3p.m. on Friday to inform the judge of whether he objects to unsealing the warrant but it now appears he will not object.
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