Thursday 15 September 2022 02:50 AM GOP Rep. Chip Roy demands lawmakers see unredacted Trump raid affidavit trends now
House Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas on Wednesday demanded his Democratic colleagues stand united with the GOP in demanding access to the full affidavit used in the FBI's investigation of Donald Trump.
He accused Democrats who were opposed to that of being 'against transparency' and 'running cover' for the FBI during a heated House Judiciary hearing.
That affidavit was used to obtain a warrant that cleared the way for federal agents to raid the former president's Mar-a-Lago mansion in early August.
'What in the hell are my colleagues afraid of and seeing the full unredacted version?' Roy questioned during the hearing.
'The American people right now are tired of seeing the power of government being used against them.'
He continued, 'As a former federal prosecutor in a United States Attorney's Office, I absolutely respect the many men and women I worked with going after bad guys - something I wish my Democratic colleagues would more often like to do, by the way.'
'But the power centralized in the FBI under the Attorney General of the United States being used to target American citizens is something that...the People's House Judiciary Committee should be keenly concerned on a bipartisan basis to try to protect.'
Justice Department officials retrieved classified documents from the Florida property that Trump was meant to leave behind at the White House when he left office last January.
GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas erupted at his colleagues across the aisle on Wednesday over what he says is a lack of 'transparency' from Democrats and the DOJ over the FBI's unannounced search of Mar-a-Lago
But Republicans have led calls for more transparency in what led to the raid, citing the extraordinary circumstance of such a law enforcement action occurring against a former commander-in-chief.
They have also accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of weaponizing the Justice Department against President Joe Biden's political rival - who he may have
