The former president tore up government documents and "thrown them in the toilet"
Trump: The FBI is 'raiding' my beautiful Florida residence
Trump considered what is happening to him a misconduct on the part of the attorney general.
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Former US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that FBI agents raided his residence in the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, in what he described as “political persecution,” while a new book revealed that Trump threw Torn government documents in a toilet.
The FBI refused to confirm that the search took place or its purpose, and Trump gave no indication of why his home was raided, adding to the judicial pressure on the former president.
Several American media outlets quoted sources familiar with the file as saying that the search was carried out with court permission, and was related to a possible mishandling of confidential documents that were transferred to Mar-a-Lago.
"These are difficult times for our nation, as my beautiful home in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida is currently under siege, raid and occupation by a large group of FBI agents," Trump said in a statement posted on his social media platform, Truth. .
Aerial photos of the Mar-a-Lago resort showed police cars in front of Trump's residence.
Trump supporters gathered in front of his house, holding banners bearing his name and American flags bearing his picture.
Trump, who was not present at his Palm Beach home during the raid, added, according to the New York Times, "This is misconduct by the attorney general, a weaponized use of the justice system, and an attack by far-left Democrats who are desperately trying to stop me running for president." 2024,” stressing that he is subject to “political persecution.”
He continued, "Such an attack occurs only in the weak countries of the third world, and unfortunately the United States has turned into one of these countries," adding: "They even broke into my safe."
Some senior Republican officials have taken to social media to criticize the process, accusing the Justice Department of overstepping its powers.
In February, the US National Archives revealed that it had recovered 15 boxes of documents from Trump's residence in Florida that included, according to the Washington Post, highly classified documents that Trump carried with him when he left Washington after losing the election.
At the end of his term, Trump was supposed to hand over the documents and blogs in his possession, but instead he moved them to his residence at the Mar-a-Lago resort.
The documents also included correspondence from former President Barack Obama.
The recovery of the boxes has raised questions about Trump's compliance with presidential records laws put in place after the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, under which presidents are required to keep records of their work.
At the time, the National Archives requested that the Justice Department open an investigation into Trump's actions.
Pictures due to be published in a new book reveal that Trump dumped torn government documents down a toilet.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman obtained photos of the documents being dumped for her forthcoming book, "Man of Trust," about the Trump White House, the New York Daily News reported Monday.
Despite Trump's denials, the photos show scraps of paper in two toilets with his signature handwriting on them.
"Some of [Trump's] aides were aware of this habit, which he frequently engaged in," Haberman told Axios.
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