GOP demands instant solutions from FBI director Wray above Trump Mar-a-Lago raid

Abigail Adcox

August 09, 08:27 AM August 09, 08:27 AM

Associates of the GOP are demanding solutions soon after former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was raided by the FBI on Monday.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, called for an "fast briefing" on the issue in a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray.

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"Congress warrants immediate responses from you as to the actions you ordered," Turner wrote, according to the letter, which was reviewed by the Washington Examiner. "I hereby request an speedy briefing by you to Customers of the Household Long-lasting Pick out Committee on Intelligence regarding any nationwide security threats utilised to justify your choice."

Turner also took to social media, writing he remained "skeptical" about the raid getting "everything other than politically enthusiastic."

Other associates of the GOP expressed concern, with Home Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) threatening to open up an investigation into Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland for approving the raid if the Republicans just take back again the majority in the House.

"When Republicans consider back again the Household, we will conduct quick oversight of this department, stick to the facts, and depart no stone unturned. Attorney Basic Garland, preserve your documents and distinct your calendar,” McCarthy tweeted.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) demanded responses, tweeting the FBI "ought to describe what they ended up executing these days & why."

Dozens of Trump's supporters flocked to the perimeter of his non-public home in Mar-a-Lago on Monday evening, with some keeping Trump-Pence flags and other "Make The united states Fantastic Once again" paraphernalia to protest the raid.

The raid seems to be associated to containers of materials Trump brought back with him to his resort in Florida just after leaving the White Dwelling, in accordance to multiple studies. Data retained at Mar-a-Lago were being collected by the National Archives and Information Administration in January right after the agency discovered documents taken out from the White Property.

The company said its officers obtained 15 bins of information from Mar-a-Lago, like components marked as labeled nationwide stability data, that were being not specified to the Countrywide Archives, as is expected by the Presidential Documents Act.

Eric Trump, who was with his father in New York Town when they read of the FBI search, claimed on WHD News on Monday night that the previous president experienced cooperated with the Nationwide Archives "for months" and referred to as the raid "just much more political persecution of Donald J. Trump."