Donald Trump got exactly what he was demanding, as usual — the Justice Department on Friday released to the public the affidavit used to get the warrant to raid Mar-A-Lago.
09.08.2022 - 04:15 / thewrap.com
Associated Press later confirmed that a raid had taken place, citing a person familiar with the matter. The person said the raid was related to whether Trump had taken any classified information from the White House, part of an investigation that’s been ongoing since National Archives workers discovered classified documents in boxes at Trump’s resort home in Florida.New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted a screenshot of Trump’s full statement:Trump says MAL has been searched by feds pic.twitter.com/UEC5KE5pJmThe FBI did not immediately return messages seeking confirmation from TheWrap.
Neither the FBI nor the larger Department of Justice immediately put out any kind of statement regarding a raid at Mar-a-Lago. Late last month, the DOJ said it had opened a criminal investigation into Trump’s role in the Jan.
6 Capitol riot, but no connection between that investigation and the raid had been established.Instead, according to the AP, the DOJ has been investigating classified records found at Mar-a-Lago by the National Archives and Records Administration, which referred the matter to the Justice Department upon the discovery. Removing classified documents is a felony – though Trump could argue that he had the authority to declassify the documents as president.That the raid was tied to a smaller matter could explain why Trump chose to put it on blast, using the action as a political cudgel.“It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, an attack by Radical Left Democrats who don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls,” Trump said.
Donald Trump got exactly what he was demanding, as usual — the Justice Department on Friday released to the public the affidavit used to get the warrant to raid Mar-A-Lago.
the affidavit in support of a search conducted Aug. 8 at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, showing that after classified documents were found in boxes he handed over voluntarily, the Justice Department suspected there were more at his Florida residence.The DOJ was unsuccessful in keeping the document under seal, but a federal judge allowed the department to heavily redact its contents to protect the identities of agents and potential witnesses.New details from the affidavit were scant.
pic.twitter.com/uyrQ4l6zMYIf you can’t watch, it begins with Foxx doing a reference to the time Trump defended the literal nazis who marched in Charlottesville. “There’s a lot of great people on both sides, lots of great people, on both sides,” he says while everyone in the room cracks up.“I know Harry-O, He’s a great person.
Jared Kushner’s awaited book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” is released this month. It shows some of his memories and experiences while in the White House, as one of Donald Trump’s senior advisors.
tweeted. “Trump is a criminal who commits bigger crimes every time he gets away with one.
Man, some days the wheels of justice move so slowly you can’t even tell if the engine is on. Some weeks, though, the wheels spin so fast it’s like you’re watching a Fast & Furious movie. Only the crimes are even more outrageous.
Donald Trump wants the world to know why FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago — and now it sounds like he’s going to get EXACTLY that!
plead the fifth amendment during a scheduled deposition with the New York Attorney General. Like many others, the late night host pointed out the apparent hypocrisy, considering the twice-impeached former President previously pondered why anyone who is innocent would exercise their right to protect themselves against self-incrimination.“Yes, Donald, if you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” Noah said, adding that Trump has really gotten himself into some hot water lately.
You know how mobsters talk about the FBI in movies and TV shows? How it’s always, “They’re persecuting us” and “It’s all a conspiracy” and just so indignant? Meanwhile as the audience, we are just watching them straight-up commit every crime they’re accused of and more? Don’t know why we thought of that just now… Anyway, onto Donald Trump‘s response to the raid on Mar-A-Lago!
Donald Trump is pleading the fifth.
Donald Trump said that he pleaded the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self incrimination as he was deposed on Wednesday as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil investigation into the Trump Organization.
Donald Trump‘s home was raided by the FBI earlier in the week, and the whereabouts of several players in the Trump Administration and his family are being revealed.
More information is coming out now about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump‘s Florida home.
Donald Trump‘s beloved home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida has been raided by the FBI.
FBI’s raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate – but she was more than happy to share her initial thoughts on the matter while appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday. Sitting with co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to discuss her much-scrutinized trip to Taiwan last week, Pelosi was first asked to share her thoughts on the historic raid.“We’ll get to the very important questions surrounding what’s happening in Taiwan in just a moment,” Brzezinski began. “But first – good morning – we would like very much to get your reaction, Madame Speaker, to the search of former president Trump’s estate in Mar-a-Lago down in Florida.”“All I know about that is what is in the public domain,” the Speaker of the House began, smiling.
The FBI has searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, sources have said. Disclosing the search in a lengthy statement, the former US president said that agents opened up a safe at his home and described their work as an "unannounced raid" that he likened to "prosecutorial misconduct".
Donald Trump has confirmed that his Florida home Mar-a-Lago has been raided by the FBI.
Ellise Shafer Donald Trump said on Monday that the FBI conducted a search of his home at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.According to the New York Times, two people familiar with the matter said the search seemed to be focused on classified documents that Trump brought with him to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House. The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department had been investigating if Trump still had records in his possession after the National Archives and Records Administration said it found 15 boxes of classified material at the estate.The former president also issued a statement about the search, calling it a “raid” and comparing the situation to Watergate.“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump wrote in the statement, according to the Times.