There’s a lot going on in the world of Trump investigations this week, but I wanted to catch you up on some details surrounding additional FBI activity in Pennsylvania. At the center of it, it seems, is Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA).
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The case of the missing Jan. 6 Secret Service text exchanges keeps unfolding: The DHS inspector general’s office drafted a statement that would have alerted Congress to the lost text messages at least a month earlier, but ultimately chose not to publish it.
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Federal judge orders DOJ to confer with Trump lawyers and report to him by 3 p.m. tomorrow about how to proceed on releasing the warrant and related documents.
Listen To This: The Good News Episode
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss stunning developments in Kansas and the Senate, along with the FBI’s visit to Mar-a-Lago.
You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.
The Presser
Two significant takeaways from Garland’s presser. Garland personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant and carry out the search. The DOJ is asking the court to unseal portions of the search warrant and the inventory of what was seized in the search.
Garland: DOJ Asks Court To Unseal Trump Search Warrant
The Justice Department moved Thursday to unseal the search warrant that lead to the unprecedented raid on Mar-a-Lago, absent any complaints from former President Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
Continue reading “Garland: DOJ Asks Court To Unseal Trump Search Warrant”Bolton Says Trump Took Away His Security Detail Right After He Resigned
John Bolton — ex-President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser who was allegedly the target of a murder-for-hire plot — said on Thursday that his former boss yanked away his Security Security detail soon after the then-official resigned in Sept. 2019.
Continue reading “Bolton Says Trump Took Away His Security Detail Right After He Resigned”Man Who Allegedly Attempted To Break Into Cincinnati FBI Building Dead After Standoff
A man who allegedly attempted to break into the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati is dead after a lengthy standoff with law enforcement Thursday.
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We’re awaiting a statement from AG Merrick Garland currently scheduled for 2:30 p.m. eastern. Presumably this is about the incident in Cincinnati though officially there’s no word on the subject. But conceivably there will be some reference to the search at Mar-a-Lago if today’s incident appears tied to the Monday search.
Again, this is just speculation: there’s no word about what it’s about.
Late Update: CNN reports that this will be about the Mar-a-Lago search.
Graham Bails On Scheduled Fulton County Court Appearance
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday did not show up for his scheduled appearance at the Fulton County courthouse, following an agreement he reached with the county district attorney, according to a local CBS affiliate.
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