Merrick Garland Speaks on FBI Trump Raid
We ran the numbers: There are 1,689 news articles covering this topic. 60% (1,013) are left-leaning, 26% (442) are centrist, and 14% (234) are right-leaning.
Attorney General Merrick Garland presented a national address about the FBI’s search of the Trump Mar-a-Lago residence. While left-leaning articles highlight pushback to critiques from Garland, right-leaning articles highlight conservative critiques of the Attorney General.
A left-leaning article from The Washington Post discusses how critics have lambasted the FBI’s search despite having no information about the investigation. The article notes that Trump could shed light on alleged misdoings if he disclosed the search warrant. Garland forced the former president’s hand by announcing intentions by the Justice Department to unseal the search warrant, a decision they will need Trump’s approval for.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting on how Trump was served a subpoena at Mar-a-Lago two months before the FBI search. Christina Bobb, one of Trump’s lawyers, retweeted a story with the headline that “Trump got grand jury subpoena in spring, voluntarily cooperated before home was raided.”
A right-leaning article from Fox News discusses criticism of Garland. Conservative Twitter users called for his resignation and the closure of the FBI. The article also notes that “Garland offered few details on why the raid occurred on former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.”