The FBI raid this month on the Trump family home in Florida was executed with a search warrant signed by
The FBI has said that they aimed at recovering what a magistrate judge said was “highly classified” documents in Trump’s possession.
The search was part of a criminal investigation into alleged “willful retention” of classified information, theft of government records, and obstruction of justice.
Former President Trump has said that he declassified the said documents before he left office.
Trump has also stated that the FBI has previously visited Mar-a-Lago to look at the storage of the documents, and only requested that an additional lock be installed on the storage room door.
Trump did have that lock installed.
The judge who approved the search warrant, Federal Judge Bruce Reinhart, has in the past reclused himself from a matter including the 45th president.
Former President Trump has stated that Reinhart should have reclused himself from this matter as well.
Trump has posted repeatedly on the raid, calling out the FBI for their behavior during the search.
“The FBI and others form the Federal Government would not let anyone, including my lawyers, be anywhere near the areas that were rummaged and otherwise looked at during the raid on Mar-a-Lago. Everyone was asked to leave the premises, they wanted to be left alone, without any witnesses to see what they were doing, taking, or hopefully not, ‘planting’. Why did they STRONGLY insist on having nobody watching them, everybody out? Obama and Clinton were never raided, despite big disputes!”
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