New York Times: “Shortly before Mr. Garland made the announcement, a person close to Mr. Trump reached out to a Justice Department official to pass along a message from the former president to the attorney general. Mr. Trump wanted Mr. Garland to know that he had been checking in with people around the country and found them to be enraged by the search.” The message Trump wanted conveyed, according to a person familiar with the exchange, was: “The country is on fire.