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Garland asks court to unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search

Continued from Front cessity conducted out of day was part of an ongo-
the public eye. We do that ing Justice Department
The department specifi- to protect the constitutional investigation into the dis-
cally requested the unseal- rights of all Americans and covery of classified White
ing of the warrant as well to protect the integrity of House records recovered
as a property receipt listing our investigations,” he said. from Trump’s home in Palm
the items that were seized, “Federal law, longstanding Beach, Florida, earlier this
along with two unspecified department rules and our year. The National Archives
attachments. ethical obligations prevent had asked the department
To obtain a search warrant, me from providing further to investigate after saying
federal authorities must details as to the basis of the that classified records were
prove to a judge that prob- search at this time.” found in 15 boxes of re-
able cause exists to believe The Justice Department un- cords that it retrieved from
that a crime was commit- der Garland has been leery the estate. Multiple federal
ted. Garland said he per- of public statements about laws govern the handling
sonally approved the war- The motion by the Justice Department to the U.S. District Court politically charged inves- of classified information.
rant, a decision he said the South District of Florida to unseal the search warrant the FBI tigations, or of confirming The attorney general con-
department did not take received before searching the Florida estate of former President to what extent it might be demned verbal attacks on
lightly given that standard Donald Trump, is photographed Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. investigating Trump as part FBI and Justice Department
practice where possible is Associated Press of a broader probe into the personnel over the search.
to select less intrusive tac- operating fully” prior to the secret as the investiga- Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capi- Some Republican allies of
tics than a search of one’s search, and that govern- tion proceeds. In this case, tol and efforts to overturn Trump have called for the
home. Neither Trump nor ment officials “could have though, Garland cited the the results of the 2020 elec- FBI to be defunded, and
the FBI has said anything had whatever they want- fact that Trump himself tion. The department has large numbers of Trump
about what documents the ed, whenever they want- had provided the first pub- tried to avoid being seen as supporters have called for
FBI might have recovered, ed, if we had it.” lic confirmation of the FBI injecting itself into presiden- the warrant to be released
or what precisely agents The Justice Department search, “as is his right.” The tial politics, as happened in because they believe it
were looking for. But the for- has until Friday afternoon Justice Department, in its 2016 when then-FBI Direc- will show that Trump was
mer president complained to alert the judge about new filing, also said that dis- tor James Comey made wrongly targeted.
anew Thursday about the whether Trump will object closing information about an unusual public state- “I will not stand by silently
search. to the release. it now would not harm the ment announcing that the when their integrity is unfair-
Trump, who for years has FBI and Justice Department court’s functions. FBI would not be recom- ly attacked,” Garland said
lambasted the FBI and policy cautions against dis- Even so, Garland, in a hast- mending criminal charges of federal law enforcement
sought to sow distrust cussing ongoing investiga- ily scheduled public state- against Clinton regard- agents, calling them “dedi-
among his supporters in tions, both to protect the ment delivered from the ing her handling of email cated, patriotic public ser-
its decisions, said the war- integrity of probes and to Justice Department podi- — and when he spoke up vants.”
rant was served and the avoid unfairly maligning um, appeared to acknowl- again just over a week be- Earlier Thursday, an armed
search conducted despite someone who is being scru- edge the unusual nature of fore the election to notify man wearing body armor
his cooperation with the tinized but winds up ulti- the department’s request Congress that the probe tried to breach a security
Justice Department over mately not being charged. as he declined to take was being effectively re- screening area at an FBI
the search. In a post to his That’s especially true in the questions or provide any opened because of the field office in Ohio, then
Truth Social platform, Trump case of search warrants, substantive details about discovery of new emails. fled and was later killed
said that his “attorneys and where supporting court the FBI’s investigation. The Mar-a-Lago search after a standoff with law
representatives were co- papers are routinely kept “Much of our work is by ne- warrant was served Mon- enforcement.q

Clinton initiative’s NYC return includes

Andres, Queen Rania

By GLENN GAMBOA leaders. raised about the appear-
AP Business Writer “We called the CGI com- ance of potential conflicts
NEW YORK (AP) — World munity back together this of interests if CGI donors
Central Kitchen founder year because we face an then had business before
Jose Andres, Jordan’s urgent and historic mo- her administration.
Queen Rania, BlackRock ment,” former President Bill Organizers say this year’s
CEO Larry Fink and “Ham- Clinton said in a statement gathering will combine a
ilton” creator Lin-Manuel Thursday. “The global mix of proven solutions to
Miranda will help relaunch community is confronting issues that can be shared
the Clinton Global Initia- several existential chal- around the world and fos- Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he plays a recording
tive in September, when lenges, including climate tering new connections of Aretha Franklin on his phone during the funeral service for
the gathering of interna- change, new threats to that can create new solu- Franklin at Greater Grace Temple, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in
tional dignitaries returns af- our health, worsening eco- tions. Detroit.
ter six years. nomic inequalities, and a That means luminaries — in- Associated Press
The two-day meeting Sept. global refugee crisis.” cluding Nobel Peace Prize Laurene Powell Jobs, Mel- Tom Watson, founder of
19 and 20 in New York is The Clinton Foundation’s winner Malala Yousafzai, lon Foundation CEO Eliza- social sector consulting
built around a theme of annual gathering was actor and water access beth Alexander and Case firm CauseWired, said the
“The Business of How,” called off in 2016 during activist Matt Damon, as Foundation co-founder Clinton Global Initiative’s
looking to create partner- former Sen. Hillary Clinton’s well as several philanthrop- Steve Case — can discuss model for attacking prob-
ships between political, presidential campaign, ic leaders including Em- both past successes and lems from several vantage
business and philanthropic when questions were erson Collective founder current needs. points has been missed. q