Donald Trump announced on Monday August 8, 2022 that his famous Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, had been “searched” by the federal police (FBI) who have not yet confirmed this search.
“Our nation is living in dark times, my beautiful home, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is under siege and has been raided and occupied by numerous FBI agents”said the former US president in a statement, saying he was the victim of a “political persecution”.
“After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced search of my home was neither necessary nor appropriate”he said before becoming indignant: “They even broke into my safe!” “, was indignant Donald Trump.
Confidential documents taken to Mar-a-Lago?
The Republican did not indicate the reasons for this police operation. It is linked, directly or indirectly, to several ongoing legal cases.
According to information from New York Timesthis search could be linked to confidential documents that the Republican would have taken to his home. At the beginning of February, the U.S. National Archives reported that they had to recover in this same residence fifteen boxes of documents that Donald Trump had taken after leaving Washington in January 2021.
A connection to the investigation into the attack on the Capitol?
A parliamentary committee seeks to shed light on the role the billionaire played in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
That day, hundreds of his supporters had sown violence and chaos inside the headquarters of Congress, delaying certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
The Justice Department is investigating the attack, but has not yet brought charges against the former president. At the end of July, the Minister of Justice Merrick Garland had not however ruled out this possibility.
“We intend to hold to account whoever is criminally responsible for (their role in) the events around January 6, in any attempt to interfere with the legal transfer of power from one administration to another. »he said.
Donald Trump, still very popular among Republicans, is flirting more and more openly with the idea of running for president in 2024.
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