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    What the Mar-a-Lago search portends for the US, and a president

    by Peter Grier Aug 09, 2022 6 minutes

    The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s cherished Mar-a-Lago retreat represents one of the most politically sensitive – and possibly explosive – law enforcement actions ever taken by the United States Department of Justice.

    To Mr. Trump’s opponents the sweep indicates that the Justice Department seems determined to hold even former U.S. chief executives subject to the rule of law. Attorney General Merrick Garland himself almost certainly had to approve the Mar-a-Lago search warrant application, say legal experts.

    Trump supporters erupted following the search, expressing outrage about what they said was unjust political persecution of President Joe Biden’s possible 2024 opponent.

    Revelations as to what the search was after, what it found, and the context of the FBI’s investigation could affect these relative positions. News reports indicated agents wanted documents Mr. Trump had brought to Mar-a-Lago from the White House.

    But the moment agents passed through the Florida retreat’s gates, the once unthinkable prospect of the

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