Confrontation between FBI agents and Merrick Garland over Mar-A-Lago raid

FBI Agents Wanted to Close Trump Documents Probe, but DOJ and FBI Leaders Pushed for a Raid

Some Federal Bureau of Investigations field agents wanted to shut down the probe into suspected documents held by former President Donald Trump as early as June, but Justice Department leaders pushed for and ultimately got a surprise raid on Mar-a-Lago in August, according to a report.

According to the Washington Post, FBI officials and the DOJ clashed fiercely over how to handle recovering suspected classified documents from Trump, with FBI agents arguing for a cooperative approach and the DOJ pushing for the unprecedented raid on a former president’s home.

The aggressive approach was starkly different than the cooperative one the DOJ and FBI have taken towards classified documents held by President Joe Biden at his former office at the Penn Biden Center office in D.C. and his home garage in Delaware.

Arguing for a more cooperative approach was the then-head of the FBI Washington field office Steven D’Antuono, was adamantly opposed. Garland ordered it.

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