Trump says FBI raided illegally his Mar-a-Lago home. Former President Donald Trump feuded with the FBI over a raid on his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida for classified nuclear weapons documents. The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said Monday evening ie 8th Aug 22.
According to NBC and other outlets, the search is related to the Justice Department’s investigation into whether laws were broken when more than dozens of boxes were found at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month containing classified documents.
“They are terrified, he’s going to announce any day that he’s running for president in 2024, and this is a very convenient way to just throw a little more mud on Donald Trump, as though they haven’t already done enough,” Lara Trump claimed, the ex-president’s daughter-in-law.
CNN reported on Wednesday that the former President is considering releasing surveillance footage of the bureau’s search. The move might be motivated by Trump’s desire to fire up his supporters with the impression that he is being persecuted, and there have been discussions of using it in campaign-style ads, one person familiar with the conversations told CNN.
In the FBI, there is deep alarm since Trump supporters, incited by the ex-President and his allies, have already threatened and intimidated agents. Threats of anti-government violence have also surged since the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate — not only on extremist-friendly platforms like 4chan and Gab but on mainstream sites like TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
The former President falsely referred to the search as a “horrible and shocking break-in” on his Truth Social network, calling for its immediate release. During Trump’s public declaration that he wanted the search warrant released, Americans learned there were dozens of boxes containing classified material in Trump’s estate, and that the Justice Department was investigating potential felonies, including mishandling classified material and obstruction of justice.
Making a request for a special master, Judge gives Trump until 26th Aug to better explain why he wants it for Mar-a-Lago documents.
At this point, Trump can probably hope that the search warrant was primarily used to retrieve records the government felt it had a right to access, not much of an indication whether he or anyone else will be charged criminally.
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