Garland Says He Approved Trump Search and Wants Warrant Unsealed

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally approved a decision to seek a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and is asking a judge to unseal the warrant, as well as what FBI agents seized.

“The department does not take such a decision lightly,” Garland said Thursday, in his first public comments about the search.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday looking for classified documents that Trump may have improperly removed from the White House.

Garland’s comments about the search marked a sharp departure from the department’s ...