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Merrick Garland Has Triggered A Crisis Meltdown At Fox News


It took Merrick Garland one less than ten-minute statement to trigger a crisis at Fox News.


Here Is The Biggest Signal Yet That The FBI Raid Has Republicans Scared


Senior Republicans have been warned that more damaging info could be coming about Trump, so they are backing off Merrick Garland.


Trump Responds To Merrick Garland By Blaming Obama


Trump responded to Merrick Garland's move to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant by blaming Obama.


AG Merrick Garland Just Devastated Trump And GOP By Moving To Unseal Search Warrant


Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to attacks from Trump and his supporters by filing a motion in court to unseal the search warrant.



Garland Calls Trump’s Bluff as Justice Department Moves to Unseal Warrant


Former President Donald J. Trump has portrayed the search of his residence as baseless and political. Now, the attorney general wants to make the search warrant public.


Here are the main takeaways from Garland’s statement on the Mar-a-Lago search.


The fact that Attorney General Merrick B. Garland felt compelled to speak at all says much about the high stakes and the possible pitfalls of the investigation.


Man Accused of Trying to Break Into F.B.I. Office Is Killed in Standoff


Two law enforcement officials said investigators were looking into whether the man had ties to extremist groups, including one that participated in the Jan. 6 attack.


FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say


Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Mar-a-Lago.


Analysis | Merrick Garland seeks to call Trump’s bluff


In filing to unseal the search warrant used at Mar-a-Lago — and emphasizing that former president Donald Trump could object — the Justice Department put the ball in his court.


Analysis | Fox News and Trump debut new baseless defense: What about Obama?


Fox News and the Trump team are pointing to former president Barack Obama's library possessing 30 million documents. But the two situations have basically no resemblance for a host of reasons.


Analysis: Merrick Garland just called Donald Trump's bluff


For the last 72 hours, since the FBI conducted a search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, the former President has spouted any number of claims about what happened and why. He's said that Democrats led the search (they didn't) and raised the possibility that FBI agents might have planted evidence, without providing any proof of the allegation.


Feds removed documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with grand jury subpoena


The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago this week came months after federal investigators served an earlier grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents from former President Donald Trump's property during a June meeting, people familiar with the matter tell CNN.


CNN and other news outlets ask court to unseal entire court record related to Mar-a-Lago search


CNN, joined by The Washington Post, NBC News and Scripps, asked a court on Thursday to unseal documents connected to the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida residence this week -- including documents not covered by the Justice Department's own bid to unseal a selection of the warrant materials.


Garland moves to unseal Trump warrant: I personally approved the search


The attorney general defended the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida home in his first comments on the matter.


Trump world gripped with anger, fear and a host of conspiracies about the FBI search


There is anxiety in the ranks about how this happened, even as they seek to benefit politically from it.


How the Trump FBI search puts swing-state Republicans in a bind


Not all Republicans rushed to Trump’s defense after the FBI search. Here’s why.


Poll: More registered voters approve of Mar-a-Lago search than disapprove


The results underscored continued partisan divisions surrounding the former president, even as more respondents supported Trump running for the Oval Office again in 2024 than supported Biden.


WaPo: FBI looked for documents related to nuclear weapons at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago


Records that the FBI searched for at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property included classified documents related to nuclear weapons, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.  Sources famili…


Media outlets file motion to unseal entirety of DOJ’s records to search Mar-a-Lago


A group of four major media companies filed a motion on Thursday to unseal all court documents related to the search warrant that the FBI executed at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on…


These figures in Trump’s orbit have pleaded the 5th Amendment


The Fifth Amendment gives Americans certain rights in legal proceedings, including the protection that no one can be “compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” 


‘Got Way Ahead Of Themselves’: Trump Tears Into Raid After Merrick Garland Speech


Former President Donald Trump tore into the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago home following the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's speech.


‘Like Brian Stelter In Yoga Pants’: Greg Gutfeld Tears Into Media’s Trump Raid Talking Points


Greg Gutfeld criticized media figures for refusing to use “raid” to describe the FBI's actions at Mar-a-Lago using a comparison involving Brian Stelter.


Report: Anne Heche Was on Cocaine During Accident, May Not Survive


Actress Anne Heche had drugs in her system when she drove into a Los Angeles home, leaving her in critical condition.


Liz Cheney Reaches New Low - Says She Is 'Ashamed' of Republicans, Then Makes Astonishing Claim About FBI


Contrary to Cheney's belief, questioning the motives and integrity of an FBI agents is not the same as threatening them.


MSNBC Helps Ex-FBI Asst. Dir. Spin Trump Raid; Network Makes Silent Change During Live Coverage


An FBI spokesman told Americans to stop using the word 'raid,' and MSNBC was quick to satisfy the his request.


Christopher Wray Denounces 'Unfounded Attacks on the FBI'


FBI Director Christopher Wray issued a forceful statement on Thursday in response to the harsh rhetoric against the agency.


Mary Trump: Donald Didn't Think Someone Who Looked Like 'Merrick Garland Is Actually a Ninja'


Mary Trump, the niece of former President Donald Trump, said Thursday on MSNBC's "The Beat" that her uncle never anticipated Attorney General Merrick Garland was a "ninja," presumably for announcing the Justice Department is willing to unseal the search warrant and property receipt for the raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. | Clips


WaPo Leak: FBI Searched Trump's Florida Residence for Classified Records Related to Nuclear Weapons - Latest Effort to Justify FBI Raid


The Washington Post on Thursday published a ‘leak’ from so-called government officials who claimed the FBI searched Trump’s Florida residence for classified records related to nuclear weapons. The FBI raid was so urgent that the US government waited for more than a year-and-a-half after Trump left office to search for records related to ‘nuclear weapons.’…


Alan Dershowitz Joins Rose Unplugged to Discuss FBI Raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Estate (AUDIO)


Constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz joined Rose Unplugged on KDKA Radio on Thursday to discuss the unprecedented FBI raid on Trump’s Florida residence. Nearly 3 dozen federal agents descended on Mar-a-Lago Monday morning and rummaged through Trump’s residence without any of the former president’s lawyers present. Merrick Garland on Thursday admitted he personally approved the…


Trump Suspected Of Stealing Top Secret Documents On Nuclear Weapons


The DOJ raided Trump because they were searching for missing top secret documents that he is believed to have taken related to nuclear weapons.


The FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence


Little is known about the search or what further steps, if any, the Justice Department might take.


Opinion | Merrick Garland did what needed to be done


In just four minutes, the attorney general defended the DOJ and dared Trump to block America from seeing the FBI's search warrant


Trump Search Said to Be Part of Effort to Find Highly Classified Material


The former president said he will not object to the Justice Department’s move to release the search warrant used to carry out the search of his Florida home.


Analysis | From GOP chair to militias, the right issues baseless warnings about armed IRS thugs


Republican politicians and far-right extremists see similar benefits in casting the IRS as being on the brink of conducting armed raids.


Garland: DOJ filed motion to unseal Trump warrant


In his first public statement since federal agents searched former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt from the search be unsealed.


Merrick Garland calls Trump’s bluff


After Trump allies demanded he reveal the warrant behind the search of Mar-a-Lago, the attorney general moved to do just that. And the former president agreed.


FBI Director Wray Echoes AG Garland, Condemns 'Attacks on the Integrity of the FBI'


FBI Director Wray released a statement echoing US Attorney General Merrick Garland and condemned ‘attacks on the integrity of the FBI.’ “Unfounded attacks on the integrity of the FBI erode respect for the rule of law are a grave disservice to the men and women who sacrifice so much to protect others,” Wray said in…


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