A growing number of U.S. lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to make public documents outlining why the FBI recently raided former President Donald Trump’s home.
Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, urged FBI Director Christopher Wray in an Aug. 9 letter to hand over materials, including court filings showing the “evidentiary basis” for the raid.
“To send the FBI in to raid his home must require—and that’s why we’re demanding answers from FBI Director Wray—actual national security threats and information,” Turner said on Newsmax.
“The American People deserve transparency and accountability. We must see the probable cause for the warrant to search President Trump’s residence and know what caused a Judge to approve the warrant,” Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said in a statement. “Anything less will permanently discredit both the DOJ and FBI.”…