GOP calls for rapid solutions from FBI director Wray over Trump Mar-a-Lago raid

Members of the GOP are demanding solutions after former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property was raided by the FBI on Monday.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the rating member of the Home Intelligence Committee, referred to as for an "rapid briefing" on the matter in a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray.

TRUMP SAYS FBI 'RAIDED' MAR-A-LAGO

"Congress deserves rapid solutions from you as to the actions you ordered," Turner wrote, in keeping with the letter, which was reviewed by the Washington Examiner. "I hereby request a right away briefing by you to Members of the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence regarding any nationwide safety threats used to justify your determination."

Turner additionally took to social media, writing he remained "skeptical" in regards to the raid being "something apart from politically motivated."

Different members of the GOP expressed concern, with Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) threatening to open an investigation into Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland for approving the raid if the Republicans take again the bulk within the Home.

"When Republicans take again the Home, we are going to conduct rapid oversight of this division, observe the details, and depart no stone unturned. Lawyer Basic Garland, protect your paperwork and clear your calendar,” McCarthy tweeted.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) demanded solutions, tweeting the FBI "should clarify what they had been doing at the moment & why."

Dozens of Trump's supporters flocked to the perimeter of his non-public residence in Mar-a-Lago on Monday night time, with some holding Trump-Pence flags and different "Make America Nice Once more" paraphernalia to protest the raid.

The raid seems to be associated to bins of supplies Trump introduced again with him to his resort in Florida after leaving the White Home, in keeping with a number of stories. Data saved at Mar-a-Lago had been collected by the Nationwide Archives and Data Administration in January after the company recognized paperwork faraway from the White Home.

The company mentioned its officers obtained 15 bins of information from Mar-a-Lago, together with supplies marked as categorised nationwide safety data, that weren't given to the Nationwide Archives, as is required by the Presidential Data Act.

Eric Trump, who was together with his father in New York Metropolis once they heard of the FBI search, claimed on Fox News on Monday night time that the previous president had cooperated with the Nationwide Archives "for months" and referred to as the raid "simply extra political persecution of Donald J. Trump."