innocence. 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. federal law, long-standing department rules, and our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time. there are, however, certain points i want you to know. first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. we ve also seen a rise in
with what s been said, this was a brilliant move by attorney general merrick garland, to seek the unsealing and put all the burden on trump to oppose. but i don t think it was done for that reason. merrick garland was saying, we he was just following the justice department rules was to say silent and, i found time and again, if you just follow the department rules, that embarrasses the critics. that s exactly what happened here. there is wisdom in those rules, garland is showing. it i don t mean to suggest that merrick garland was plotting this from the beginning and then when we come in on thursday, we will do this. but the strict a darren s to the rules gave him this opportunity this afternoon, which he took, so your clarification on that i think is valuable, the right frame for this. neal katyal, bradley mess, thank you very much for joining us on this important issue. coming up. the trump supporter who was killed by police today after attacking an fbi office in cincinnati was a
the even-handed application of the law, the due process of the law, and to the presumption of innocence. 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. federal law, long-standing department rules, and our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time. there are, however, certain points i want you to know. first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. eksecond, the department does nt take such decision lightly. where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.
interest in this matter. mr garland confirmed he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant, but he didn t say why. 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 the integrity of our investigations. federal law, long standing department rules, and our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time. thank you very much. the search is believed to be part of an investigation into the handling of presidential papers that were removed from the white house when donald trump left office. the washington post newspaper is reporting that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents were searching for.
but he could not say why. 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. federal law, long standing department rules, and there our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time. the search is believed to be part of an investigation into the handling of presidential papers that were removed from the white house when donald trump left office. the washington post newspaper is reporting that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items fbi agents were searching for. there s been no official confirmation of this, or anything to do with the search. in a statement, donald trump said not only would he not oppose the release of documents related to what he called the breaking