(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin defended the Justice Department for the search warrant served at the Florida home of Donald Trump this week and suggested the former president could release copies of the documents.
Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois who chairs the Judiciary Committee, made his remarks on Thursday as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made a brief statement about what many critics have called a raid.
“It wasn’t a raid,” Durbin said Thursday at an unrelated appearance in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. “It was a search warrant that was executed through the courts, approved by a judge. And they went into the Mar-A-Lago residence and took out some items. I don’t know what it was.”
Garland said he himself authorized the move, which some Republicans have called politically motivated by President Biden's administration. Biden is a Democrat and defeated Trump in the 2020 election. Reports have suggested the FBI retrieved items in Florida that may belong to the National Archives.
Garland said he would ask the court to unseal the warrant. Durbin said Trump could help clear up the matter, himself.
“There’s only one person outside of the government who has a copy of the search warrant and an inventory of everything that was removed. That, of course, is the former president. So, he can disclose those documents if he wishes,” he said.
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