...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...and revealed the Justice Department had asked a federal magistrate judge to unseal copies of the warrant — if Trump and his legal team do not object.
"The Department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation with the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter," Garland told news hounds.
"Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy, upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing," he continued.
Garland, who spoke for four minutes and took no questions, confirmed that copies of the search warrant and FBI property receipt were given to Trump’s attorneys on Monday and added that they were "on site during the search."
While the DOJ has been criticized for failing to publicly address the raid — which is reportedly connected to classified documents the 45th president may have kept at Mar-a-Lago, Garland insisted "Much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye."
"We do that to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations," he added.