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Two top Senate Republicans are demanding that the FBI immediately release information about its raid of former President Trump’s Florida estate, which they are calling a major law enforcement escalation against a former president.
The statements, from GOP Conference Chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott, R-Fla., come as top Senate Republicans overall have been slower to comment on the raid than their counterparts in House GOP leadership.
“Raiding a former president’s home is unprecedented,” Barrasso tweeted Tuesday morning. “The Justice Department needs to quickly and transparently tell the American people who approved this raid and why it occurred.”
Former President Trump’s Florida home was searched by the FBI on Monday, in a major law enforcement escalation against a former president.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
TRUMP SAYS MAR-A-LAGO HOME IN FLORIDA ‘UNDER SIEGE’ BY FBI AGENTS
“The [FBI’s] raid of Mar-a-Lago is incredibly concerning, especially given the Biden admin’s history of going after parents & other political opponents,” Scott said in a Monday tweet.
“This is 3rd World country stuff. We need answers NOW. The FBI must explain what they were doing today & why,” he continued. Scott was the only member of Senate GOP leadership to mention the raid Monday, the day it happened.
In addition, Barrasso and Scott are the only members among Senate GOP leadership who have so far addressed the FBI raid against Trump. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., Policy Chair Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Vice Conference Chair Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, all had not commented as of Tuesday morning. Their offices did not immediately provide comment in response to requests from Fox News Digital.
House Republicans have been much more aggressive in their responses, with their top two members in the chamber commenting Monday…
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