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‘I personally approved the decision’: Merrick Garland on FBI Trump raid

Guardian, 12 Aug 2022
US attorney general Merrick Garland has confirmed that federal agents had searched former president Donald Trump's Florida estate to probe whether he illegally removed records from the White House as he was leaving office.'I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,' Garland said. The unprecedented search at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, marked a significant escalation in one of the many investigations he is facing from his time in office and in private business.
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