“There’s nothing to see here, that’s the line,” Carlson said on his show Monday, naming a number of elected Republicans who he predicted will “say the same thing when the Biden Justice Department or some other state agency under their influence finally does what you know they’re going to do, and that’s indict Donald Trump.”
“Obviously they’re going to do that,” Carlson continued. “Who knows how, maybe they’ll produce surveillance video from Mar-a-Lago, apparently they’ve already subpoenaed that.”
The Aug. 8 search was approved by a federal judge, and while many elected Republicans who support Trump have suggested a political motivation, the White House said President Biden did not know of the search beforehand. No proof has been suggested to indicate Biden had previous knowledge of the search.
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Several news reports have suggested the search was executed in connection with classified documents reportedly taken from Trump’s White House without permission. The FBI and Justice Department have not explicitly suggested Trump is the focus of a criminal investigation in the matter and have said little about the probe publicly.
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Carlson’s remarks are his first since the search warrant was carried out a week ago, prompting a barrage of speculation and political criticism from the former president’s defenders.
The incident has also led to increased threats to federal law enforcement in recent days and inspired Attorney General Merrick Garland, in rare public remarks, to push back on his department’s critics.
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Trump, who has repeatedly attacked the Justice Department and FBI following the search, said the “temperature has to be brought down in the country,” hours after Steve Doocy, another Fox News host, implored the president to do so on air Monday morning.
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Carlson also hailed Trump’s call for calm on Monday. “You can feel it, even Donald Trump feels it. Maybe for the first time in his life, Donald Trump seems sincerely interested in lowering the temperature, not only for his own stake, but for the country’s,” Carlson said. “He’s right. It’s not good. This could get very bad, very fast.”
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Justice Department lawyers on Monday asked the judge who authorized the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort to keep the attached affidavit under seal, referring a need to protect witnesses and the continuous investigation.
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Federal prosecutors responded to questions by numerous news organizations, including NBC News, to make the affidavit public by claiming it should remain sealed “to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security.”
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