Attorney General Merrick Garland may potentially file two rounds of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump on separate issues, according to The New York Times.
Evidence discovered in the Justice Department’s (DOJ) investigation into the former president’s 2020 election results reversal efforts and his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot could give Garland an opportunity to criminally charge Trump, the outlet reported. He might get the chance to bring charges again in connection with classified documents seized in the FBI’s Aug. 8 raid of the former president’s Mar-A-Lago residence.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about the FBI’s search warrant served at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida during a statement at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
18 U.S. Code § 2071 disqualifies individuals who “willfully and unlawfully” remove official records from all U.S. offices, fining them, imprisoning them for up to three years or both. Presidents can only take official documents “of a purely private or nonpublic character” from the White House under the Presidential Records Act, according to Reuters. (RELATED: Trump Responds After DOJ Unseals Affidavit Related To Mar-A-Lago Raid)
Garland said Aug. 11 he “personally authorized” the Mar-A-Lago raid, despite a senior Biden administration official reportedly telling Newsweek he had not been informed about it beforehand.
Neither the DOJ nor Trump’s representatives immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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