Sen. Rick Scott writes letter to DOJ attorney general and FBI director about Mar-a-Lago search

BOTH, COMING UP. CHRISTINA: ALL EYES ARE ON SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE FBI SEARCH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S ESTATE. THE FBI SEARCHED MAR-A-LAGO YESTERDAY FOR CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. STEWART: MARLEI MARTINEZ IS AT MAR-A-LAGO AS TRUMP AND ALLIES VOICE OUTRAGE, AND OTHERS WONDER WHY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TOOK SUCH A DRASTIC STEP. >> WE ARE JUST A FIVE-MINUTE WALK FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HOME , THE MAR-A-LAGO RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE HAVE BEEN DRIVING HERE TO VOICE FRUSTRATION WITH THE FBI’S SEARCH. FLAGS FLANKING BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE LEADING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FLORIDA HOME. CARS SEEN BY THE AIR. AND GROUND. PEOPLE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT TUESDAY, THE DAY AFTER THE FBI SEARCHED MR.’S ESTATE. >> I NEED TO SHOW PEOPLE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, THIS IS THE U.S., HOW IS IT HAPPENING HERE? WHY IS IT HAPPENING HERE? THIS SHOULDN’T BE HAPPENING. >> SOURCES SAY FBI AGENT’S WERE LOOKING TO SEE IF THE PRESIDENT TOOK CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH HIM TO FLORIDA AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. >> CAN WE GET YOUR REACTION TO THE RAID? >> HE WAS NOT AT HIS FLORIDA ESTATE, HE WAS IN NEW YORK. BUT HE POSTED A LENGTHY STATEMENT ONLINE CONFIRMING WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING THAT EVEN BROKE INTO MY SAFE, HE CALLED IT THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ATTACKED BY RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS WHO DESPERATELY DON’T WANT HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024. THEY DROVE OVER TO AND A HALF HOURS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WITH THIS SIGN. >> IF THEY CAN DO THIS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHAT’S TO STOP THEM FROM COMING AFTER ME? >SOME SORT OF POLITICAL BELIEF THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN? >> THIS WEEK’S FBI SEARCH COMES AFTER THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE SAID IN FEBRUARY 15 BOXES OF WHITE HOUSE RECORDS WERE DISCOVERED AT MAR-A-LAGO, CONTAINING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL AND REFERRED IT TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. ONE EXPERT SAYS A JUDGE WOULD NOT HAVE GRANTED A SEARCH WARRANT WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE. >> IN A CASE OF THIS MAGNITUDE, APPROVALS WOULD GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HIMSELF. IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT HIS ABSOLUTE APPROVAL. >>’S ATTORNEY TELLS NBC NEWS SHE WAS HERE DURING THE SEARCH AND SAID THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. STEWAR

RELATED VIDEO ABOVE: Crowd turns up at Mar-a-Lago to show support for Donald Trump after FBI searchFlorida Sen. Rick Scott wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that addressed the Mar-a-Lago search of Donald Trump's home. In the letter, Scott wrote:"As you are both well aware, the American people are justifiably alarmed by the conduct of your agencies. This alarm has arisen not only because of the unprecedented nature of the raid conducted at the personal residence of a former president, and potential future political opponent of the sitting president, but increasingly because of the lack of transparency by you and the Biden administration in the face of repeated questions seeking the legal justification for such extreme action," the letter said. RELATED: Crowd turns up at Mar-a-Lago to show support for Donald Trump after FBI searchScott called for action and said the FBI not 'fully' answering questions will cause damage to the integrity of the Department of Justice and the FBI. "Your refusal to fully and transparently answer legitimate questions about the motivations and justifications for such provocative conduct by your agencies serves only to further damage the integrity of the DOJ and FBI, is unacceptable, and will not be tolerated," Scott said. RELATED: DeSantis blasts FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago In the letter, Scott listed questions about the search conducted at Trump's residence, including the review of the search warrant, informing Trump about the raid and submitting a search warrant to a judge. Scott prompted Wray and Garland to answer by Friday, Aug. 19. In the letter, Scott expressed willingness to meet in person to discuss classified documents, if necessary. "To the extent responses to these requests include confidential or sensitive information, I am willing to receive an in-person briefing and review such documents and materials in a classified setting," Scott said. Trump demanded the warrant be released immediately Thursday night on a social platform.

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RELATED VIDEO ABOVE: Crowd turns up at Mar-a-Lago to show support for Donald Trump after FBI search

Florida Sen. Rick Scott wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that addressed the Mar-a-Lago search of Donald Trump's home.

In the letter, Scott wrote:

"As you are both well aware, the American people are justifiably alarmed by the conduct of your agencies. This alarm has arisen not only because of the unprecedented nature of the raid conducted at the personal residence of a former president, and potential future political opponent of the sitting president, but increasingly because of the lack of transparency by you and the Biden administration in the face of repeated questions seeking the legal justification for such extreme action," the letter said.

Scott called for action and said the FBI not 'fully' answering questions will cause damage to the integrity of the Department of Justice and the FBI.

"Your refusal to fully and transparently answer legitimate questions about the motivations and justifications for such provocative conduct by your agencies serves only to further damage the integrity of the DOJ and FBI, is unacceptable, and will not be tolerated," Scott said.

In the letter, Scott listed questions about the search conducted at Trump's residence, including the review of the search warrant, informing Trump about the raid and submitting a search warrant to a judge.

Scott prompted Wray and Garland to answer by Friday, Aug. 19. In the letter, Scott expressed willingness to meet in person to discuss classified documents, if necessary.

"To the extent responses to these requests include confidential or sensitive information, I am willing to receive an in-person briefing and review such documents and materials in a classified setting," Scott said.

Trump demanded the warrant be released immediately Thursday night on a social platform.

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