Trump calls for 'immediate' release of Mar-a-Lago warrant

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called late Thursday for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant, with Attorney General Merrick Garland citing the “substantial public interest in this matter.”

In messages posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “Not only will I not oppose the release of documents ... I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents.” He continued to assail the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago as “unAmerican, unwarranted and unnecessary.”

“Release the documents now!” he wrote.

The Justice Department request earlier Thursday is striking because such documents traditionally remain sealed during a pending investigation. But the department appeared to recognize that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter verbal attacks by Trump and his allies, and that the public was entitled to the FBI’s side about what prompted Monday’s action at the former president’s home.



Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)


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[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. He is going to grift to the bitter end.

It will seem like he is on board with the release of the documents up until 2:45 pm today
When suddenly at that time he will release a statement that his lawyers just decided against that.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

4. Exactly!

His post on Turd Social was just to placate his idiot supporters.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Yup. Soon he will say "On the advice of my lawyers, we are litigating to seal the bogus warrant". nt

[Marthe48]

7. Sounds about right

I don't think traitor is going to like the ending, no matter how he scripts the story.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

15. Yup...

It's been his M.O. all of his life. He is incapable of change.

The same with not paying his bills.

[Farmer-Rick]

23. Yup, says one thing

Then works furiously to stop it behind the scenes.

I bet his lawyers are in front of the judge right now trying to prevent the release.

[Texin]

28. Yeah, that's what I thought. Basically, I'll believe it when it happens. Maybe.

Of course, he'll probably monetize the situation.

[llashram]

31. the ex-first grifter

has probably made millions already with his plea for funds right after the FBI search of his palace...

[patricia92243]

2. Trump should have a copy. Let him release it immediately - unless it is like his

release of his taxes.

[LiberalFighter]

21. Maybe he dumped his copy down the toilet?

[mpcamb]

41. Yeah, it's still mostly intact.

HE could release it!
Nothing stands in the way!
This just looks like another fundraising grift!
Why pass up the opportunity to have brain-dead lower incomes send you money?
Besides, matbe he's going to need it when he flees the country...

[Jarqui]

3. Why call for it? Just release it! Dumb phuck. ..nt

[Claustrum]

5. Exactly. He has a copy of them.

He doesn't need to wait to release them.

[ashredux]

6. Trump thinks he's playing a game, and he knows how to play the game. He doesn't know shit

[SKKY]

8. Before 3:00pm today, he'll release a statement saying...

...At the advice of my counsel, blah blah blah, and because the radical Democrats, blah blah blah, the unselect committee, blah blah blah, I have decided against releasing the documents, blah blah blah, corrupt DOJ, blah blah blah.

[Scrivener7]

9. I suspect you might be right.

[gab13by13]

10. I was about to post the same thing,

by Trump blaming his lawyers he will have plausible deniability.

I will be shocked if the warrant and inventory are unsealed.

[Strelnikov_]

11. Yep n/t

[oldsoftie]

18. I'm gonna say thats NOT going to happen.

Because Garland carries far more weight (LEGAL weight, trump carries FAR more ACTUAL weight)

[SKKY]

30. Oh, I think the documents will be release very soon...

..but Trump's legal team will fight it. That's what he does, say, "I have nothing to hide!" for the world, but then will have his legal team challenge the release, which of course will not be broadcast on Fox or the rest of the right-wing media channels. Flood the zone with shit because his most ardent supporters can't tell the difference.

[KPN]

37. You know it!

[Ohioboy]

12. Trump has no intention of actually releasing the warrant

That way he can twist it to be whatever he can get his followers to believe it to be.

It's similar to how he characterizes the Mueller Report: It supposedly exonerates him, but it's all lies so don't read it.

Typical Trump bullshit that his followers are so willing to swallow.

[KPN]

38. America was hood-winked by tfg and buffalo Barr with Mueller Report. Anyone whoactuyally read it

knows that.

I agree. He's using the same basic strategy -- there's nothing in it, it's all a hoax perpetrated by evil communist democrats and the Deep State.

[Botany]

13. He can release it and the property invoice of what was taken from Merde a Log oh right now

n/t

[Traildogbob]

14. He will release

It in TWO weeks. The his attorneys (😂😂😂, jokes) are auditing them.

[allegorical oracle]

16. He wants the gov't to release the docs so he can bolster his "persecuted" status -- plus he's

already labeling whatever might be released as being bogus.

[PatSeg]

19. Good point, that is his MO

Just like predicting ahead of time that the election would be rigged and then in spite of no evidence to that effect, his followers believed it was.

Now he's taking a gamble that his fans won't believe that the documents are really all that significant. The problem is that might work with the MAGATs, but not in a court of law.

[intheflow]

26. Setting up defense that he can't get a fair trail because

of the general public’s detailed knowledge of his warrant. “ThE jUrY pOOL iS tAiNtEd1!!1”

[lark]

17. Yeah we've seen this story before, public support, privately stopping the information.

He lied about Kavarape, he's almost 100% lying about this. He absolutely doesn't want this shown - bet his lawyers file papers to stop it and tfg will say nothing.

[Historic NY]

20. Enough of the clown show he and his lawyers all have copies.

[E. Normus]

22. Well, Drumph

and his noise machines will soon be implying that anything bad that was found during the search was planted there. His hypnotized fools will go for that explanation hook line and sinker.

[GB_RN]

24. tRump Could Release It Himself...

As he has his OWN copy of the warrant! He was served with a copy - and a copy of the property receipt for what was taken - at the time of the search. If Putin’s Puppet really wanted to release it, he could easily have done so already. Therefore, I call bullshit.

[SouthernDem4ever]

27. This country is really wasting time and money on the orange buffoon

So many things could be accomplished but we have to spend our time on this crap. Rant over.

[live love laugh]

29. "The documents" ... not "the warrant" ....

He is playing word games.

[KPN]

39. As always -- shaping wiggle room while manipulatinbg feeble minds.

[Evolve Dammit]

33. Zero cred. I believe the opposite of what spews forward from the revenge seeking sociopath

[KS Toronado]

34. Posted this survey late last night related to this issue.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217032085

[PSPS]

35. Gone a year and a half and anything he utters still sucks all the oxygen out of the media.

[Escurumbele]

36. I call bullshit on trump. He is making noise, then he will say his lawyers advised against it.

Any bets?

[Lasher]

40. I think he just mentioned the warrant and not the property invoice.

Am I right?

[FlyingPiggy]

42. Yes!! Double down. Even if it means shooting off a foot.

[EarthFirst]

43. Representing TFG as legal counsel has got to be a nightmare....

He ought to just go pro se.