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On Monday night, President Trump made the following inflammatory claims: "A large group of FBI agents is currently occupying, raiding, and seizing my opulent residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-A-Lago. Even worse, they broke into my safe!"
Digital Desk: Federal
investigators have reportedly taken records from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago
property in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people with knowledge of the
incident. This is the most recent indication that the US Justice Department's criminal
investigation into his business operations is intensifying.
The sources claim that the
FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's residence on Monday at around 9 a.m.
as part of a continuing investigation into the former president's allegedly
illegal removal and destruction of White House papers after he left office last
year.
The Justice Department's
decision to search Mar-a-Lago in connection with the removal of 15 boxes of
presidential papers from the White House, including secret documents, as well
as the destruction of other materials, has significantly increased the
investigation's scope.
On Monday night, President
Trump made the following inflammatory claims: "A large group of FBI agents
is currently occupying, raiding, and seizing my opulent residence in Palm
Beach, Florida, Mar-A-Lago. Even worse, they broke into my safe!"
Trump's gross violations of
the 1978 Presidential Papers Act, which mandates the preservation of White
House papers, have previously been the focus of an investigation. The investigation
seems to suggest that Trump may now be in legal danger as a result of his
record-keeping practices, though.
The legislation that
prohibits the willful destruction or removal of presidential records has harsh
penalties, including fines, jail time, and- most significantly- the prohibition
from ever again holding any office. However, it is rarely enforced.
An official from the Justice
Department declined to comment.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is
located in Florida's Palm Beach. Picture: Marco Bello for Reuters
One of the people asserted
that the former president wasn't at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the raid but
rather was at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. When Trump claimed that
the raid was still ongoing, the FBI had already departed the area.
Throughout his presidency,
Mar-a-Lago was referred to as Trump's "winter White House." Trump and
his wife Melania returned to their Florida estate after leaving Washington, and
the president has since used it as the centre of his political efforts.
After a series of
heartbreaking public hearings that exposed Trump and his allies' roles in the
events leading up to the attack on the Capitol last year, the raid takes place
as Trump is laying the framework for a future presidential bid in 2024.
Trump attempted to blame
"Radical Left Democrats," who he said, "desperately don't want me
to run for president in 2024... who would do everything to hurt Republicans and
Conservatives in the next midterm elections," for the FBI raid by
comparing it to "Watergate" in a fiery statement.
The FBI is led by
Christopher Wray, who was picked by Trump before leaving office.
A source with knowledge of
the probe claims that the Justice Department has been covertly considering
whether to launch a criminal investigation into the topic of Trump's removal of
papers since at least April.
Trump equated the FBI raid
to "Watergate" in a heated statement, and he attempted to place the
blame on "Radical Left Democrats," who he said, "desperately
don't want me to run for president in 2024... who would do anything to hinder
Republicans and Conservatives in the next midterm elections."
Christopher Wray, who was
chosen by Trump before he left office, is the director of the FBI.
A source with knowledge of
the probe claims that the Justice Department has been covertly considering
whether to launch a criminal investigation into the topic of Trump's removal of
papers since at least April.
The crates also contain
letters from Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Barack Obama, Trump's predecessor in
office, and a model of Air Force One with the red, white, and blue livery that
Trump chose but that the Biden administration abandoned.
In a letter to Congress at
the time, then-Chief Archivist David Ferriero stated that "Nara staff has
been in communication with the Department of Justice" because "Nara
uncovered classified information in the boxes."
The controversy also
prompted the House oversight committee, chaired by Carolyn Maloney, to open a
second investigation and declare that "removing or hiding official records
is a criminal offense." The Democrat from New York claimed that Trump has
to be held responsible.
Republican concerns that the
former president is unfairly being singled out for criticism are sure to be
strengthened by the material, which is expected to infuriate Trump supporters.
According to the Palm Beach Post, a small gathering of Trump supporters
gathered in front of Mar-a-Lago on Monday night as the news broke.
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