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WATCH: Merrick Garland Press Conference 'Hits Better' With Succession Music

A fan edit overlays Garland's presser with the Succession theme music.
  • Merrick Garland discusses the raid on Mar-a-Lago (Photo: Twitter)
    Merrick Garland discusses the raid on Mar-a-Lago (Photo: Twitter)

    If the raid on Mar-a-Lago seems vaguely familiar, perhaps that's because Succession Season 3 featured a similar raid on the Waystar Royco office. Now, fans are highlighting that life-imitating-art connection by playing the Succession theme music over a clip of Attorney General Merrick Garland's press conference about the raid.

    "Merrick Garland presser hits better w/ the Succession music playing under it," Tweeted journalist and podcast producer Jason Gallagher, who posted the original video.

    In the video, Garland announces his approval of the search warrant and addressed "unfounded" attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department. At the end, Garland walks somberly off as the music grows more and more dramatic.

    After the press conference, Trump wrote in a social media post, "Not only will I not oppose the release of documents related to the unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in of my home ... I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents, even though they have been drawn up by radical left Democrats and possible future political opponents."

    Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has also filed a motion to unseal the warrant.

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    Deena ElGenaidi's writing has been featured in Nylon, MTV News, Insider, The AV Club, and more. You can follow her on Twitter @deenaelg.

    TOPICS: Merrick Garland, Succession, Donald Trump, politics