On CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper asked Crenshaw “if law enforcement is innocent until proven guilty,” referring to the skepticism the agency faced for executing a search warrant on the Florida estate .
“People signing it doesn’t mean … it has precedent,” Crenshaw responded. “He doesn’t. This is a very unprecedented measure. And you know when you go after a former president who might run again, that’s automatically political. You cannot separate the legal aspects from the political aspects. Can not.”
Crenshaw also said he doesn’t believe Department of Justice (DOJ) officials “acted responsibly.”
“Why don’t I ask him?” he said, referring to documents seized by FBI agents at Trump’s estate.
Crenshaw’s remarks came after a federal judge said he was interested in unsealing parts of the affidavit used to justify the FBI investigation. The Justice Department has argued that releasing the affidavit would jeopardize its ongoing investigation into Trump.
The legal maneuver comes after federal authorities earlier this month executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago and seized classified documents.
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“It’s hard to justify what the Justice Department did here, in my opinion,” Crenshaw said Sunday.
“I have yet to see any evidence that Trump has been asked to return these documents,” he said. “Why take it to this extreme?”
“It seems unfair and there seems to be a long history of losing credibility in the Department of Justice at the hands of Democrats. And I think people are rightly disappointed about that,” he added.
