国会共和党人很快对梅里克·加兰周四的言论提出质疑联邦调查局对唐纳德·特朗普的Mar-a-Lago的搜查-称司法部长的评论不够充分，并坚持要求司法部公布更多关于这场史无前例的突袭行动的信息，尽管加兰说他希望搜查令启封。
但共和党议员表示，司法部的动议，以解封部分搜查令不会削减它，要求更多的信息背后的搜索起源是必要的，鉴于行动的严重性，在一个前总统的家。
消息人士此前告诉美国广播公司新闻，这与特朗普离开华盛顿时带走的文件有关，包括国家档案馆称被标记为机密的一些记录。
特朗普的亲密盟友南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛·格拉汉姆(Lindsey Graham)在推特上写道:“司法部长和联邦调查局被迫披露为什么有必要进行搜查的主要原因是，在涉及特朗普的所有事情时，联邦调查局和DOJ都非常不信任。”。
“我要寻找的是搜索的谓词。向法官提供的信息是否足以和有必要授权在中期选举后的90天内突袭这位前总统的住所?”格雷厄姆写道。“我敦促，实际上是坚持，DOJ和联邦调查局把他们的卡放在桌子上，为什么这一行动是必要的。在此之前，怀疑将继续上升。”
其他共和党人直接批评加兰，他在简短的新闻发布会上表示，他签署了对特朗普在佛罗里达州棕榈滩住所的搜查令。
梅里克·加兰亲自批准了逮捕乔·拜登头号政敌的搜查令。这是一场出于政治动机的政治迫害，”田纳西州参议员玛莎·布莱克本在推特上写道。
“在奥巴马执政期间，联邦调查局和DOJ变得政治化，在拜登执政期间，这种情况还在继续。得克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹补充说:“联邦调查局已经成为一只攻击狗，帮助民主党实现他们自己的政治野心，并压制异议人士。”
佐治亚州众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林走得更远。
“我们必须撤销联邦调查局，解散DOJ，清除这些机构的政治偏见和迫害，”她在推特上写道。
与此同时，怀俄明州众议员利兹·切尼(Liz Cheney)可能是最明显的反特朗普共和党人，他在推特上写道:“我很惭愧听到我的党内成员攻击参与最近Mar-a-Lago搜索的联邦调查局特工的诚信。这些令人作呕的言论将爱国公务员的生命置于危险之中。”
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2022.
美国广播公司新闻
此前几天，共和党要求加兰发布逮捕令，并解释搜查背后的理由。
加兰周四表示，当局依法行事，他表示，履行职责需要寻求授权。
“忠实地坚持法治是司法部和我们民主的基本原则。维护法治意味着不偏不倚地运用法律，”他说。“在我的监督下，这正是司法部正在做的事情。”
“搜查令是由联邦法院根据对可能原因的必要发现授权的，”他说。司法部的一份法庭文件显示，这份文件是由一名法官于周五签署的。
包括在政府的新动议，以解封部分的手令是一个要求，也解封了一个编辑库存的代理人在Mar-a-Lago。
检察官写道，特朗普“应该有机会对这项动议做出回应，并提出反对意见，包括关于任何‘合法隐私利益’或其他‘伤害’的可能性，如果这些材料被公开的话。”
该案的法官后来命令政府与特朗普的律师协商，并在周五下午之前报告这位前总统是否会提出任何异议。
据熟悉特朗普想法的消息人士透露，接近特朗普的人一直在讨论挑战解封逮捕令动议的可能性。
据说在这件事上代表他的律师没有回应置评请求。
与此同时，民主党人正在推动搜查令的发布，暗示司法部的动议表明搜查中没有不当行为。
“提醒一下:特朗普本可以随时发布这份文件。他拒绝了，”纽约众议员杰罗德·纳德勒在推特上说。“现在DOJ想让你看看。AG Garland似乎没什么好隐瞒的。”
Congressional Republicans call Garland's remarks on Mar-a-Lago search insufficient
Congressional Republicans were quick to pan Merrick Garland's Thursday remarkson the FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago-- calling the attorney general's comments insufficient and insisting the Justice Department release more information behind the unprecedented raid even as Garland said he wants the search warrant unsealed.
But GOP lawmakers said the Justice Department's motion to unseal parts of the warrant would not cut it, demanding that more information behind the search's genesis was needed given the gravity of the operation at a former president's home.
Sources previously told ABC News it was in connection to documents that Trump took with him when he departed Washington, including some records the National Archives said were marked classified.
"The primary reason the Attorney General and FBI are being pushed to disclose why the search was necessary is because of the deep mistrust of the FBI and DOJ when it comes to all things Trump," tweeted South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally.
"What I am looking for is the predicate for the search. Was the information provided to the judge sufficient and necessary to authorize a raid on the former president’s home within ninety days of the midterm election?" Graham wrote. "I am urging, actually insisting, the DOJ and the FBI lay their cards on the table as to why this course of action was necessary. Until that is done the suspicion will continue to mount."
Other Republicans directly criticized Garland, who said at a brief press conference that he signed off on the search warrant for Trump's residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
"Merrick Garland personally approved a search warrant to take down Joe Biden’s top political opponent. This is a politically-motivated witch hunt," tweeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
"The FBI and DOJ became politicized under Obama and this has continued under Biden. The FBI has become an attack dog to help the Democrats achieve their own political ambitions and silence dissenters," added Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went even further.
"We must defund the FBI, dismantle the DOJ, and gut the agencies of political biases and persecutions," she tweeted.
Meanwhile Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, perhaps the most visible anti-Trump Republican, wrote on Twitter: "I have been ashamed to hear members of my party attacking the integrity of the FBI agents involved with the recent Mar-a-Lago search. These are sickening comments that put the lives of patriotic public servants at risk."
The reaction comes after days of GOP demands for Garland to release the warrant and explain the rationale behind the search.
Garland on Thursday said authorities acted by the book -- and he indicated that carrying out his duties required seeking the warrant.
"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," he said. "Under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing."
“The search warrant was authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause,” he said. A court filing from the Justice Department shows it was signed by a judge on Friday.
Included in the government's new motion to unseal parts of the warrant is a request to also unseal a redacted inventory of what was taken by agents at Mar-a-Lago.
Prosecutors wrote that Trump "should have an opportunity to respond to this Motion and lodge objections, including with regards to any 'legitimate privacy interests' or the potential for other 'injury' if these materials are made public."
The judge in the case later ordered the government to consult with Trump's attorneys and report back by Friday afternoon as to whether the former president would issue any objections.
People close to Trump have been discussing the possibility of challenging the motion to unseal the warrant, according to sources familiar with his thinking.
Lawyers who are said to be representing him in this matter are not responding to requests for comment.
Democrats, meanwhile, are pushing for the warrant's release, suggesting the Justice Department's motion shows there was no wrongdoing in the search.
"A reminder: Trump could have released this paper at any time. He refused," New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler tweeted. "And now DOJ wants you to see it. AG Garland seems to have nothing to hide."
