Attorney General Merrick Garland’s claims that former President Donald Trump’s attorneys were provided with copies of the search warrant and property receipt and that the attorneys were on-site during the FBI search are untrue, Trump lawyer Alina Habba told Newsmax.
When Trump’s legal team in Florida first came on the premises of Mar-a-Lago on Monday during the surprise raid, they were not given the warrants, Habba told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” guest host Carl Higbie.
“They asked for a copy. They wouldn’t hand it to them,” she said. “And if anything was given to them, it was not until after the search.”
Habba said she’s never heard of such a scenario during a search, and certainly not of attorneys being told to leave the premises and not being permitted to watch the search to ensure everything was handled appropriately.
Habba noted that Trump and his legal team had been cooperating with the Department of Justice and had met with DOJ officials previously at Mar-a-Lago when some documents that the government said were improperly taken from the White House when Trump left office were returned to Washington.
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