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The search warrant and property receipt from Monday's FBI search of former President Trump's Florida home have been unsealed by a federal judge. Trump said Thursday he encouraged the release.

Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home

Trump says he is encouraging justice department to ‘release the documents now’

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said he supported the release of documents related to the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week, including a copy of the search warrant and a receipt of items that agents took from the property.

Suspected presence of such files could explain why US attorney general took step of ordering FBI agents into Trump home

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is moving to unseal the search warrant and itemized receipt of what was taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday in his first public comments since the FBI search was conducted.

The search was carried out under the fear that sensitive documents held by Trump could fall into the wrong hands

Garland claps back against days of fevered criticism claiming that the search was part of a politically motivated scheme to discredit the former president.

Government officials were reportedly concerned information was ‘potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands’