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Last week in the United States, the aftermath of a search and seizure of the home of former President Trump is fierce.

With the midterm elections coming up in November, the ruling and opposition parties are clashing fiercely over this issue.



Correspondent Kim Jong-won of New York.



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On the 8th local time, the FBI raided the Mar-a-Lago, the home of former President Trump in Florida, and is looking into allegations of espionage violations.



It is unprecedented for a former president of the United States to have his home seized and to be charged with espionage, and the FBI found 11 classified documents in Trump's home.



Among them, it is known that there are documents related to nuclear weapons.



Democrats immediately directed the National Intelligence Service to report the damage done to the country by the leak of Trump's secrets.



[Kell McLanahan / Director, National Security Advisory Body: The 'Espionage Act' is the law against spies.

Violation of the espionage law results in a relatively heavy sentence because it is linked to national security.]



The Republican Party, the opposition party, strongly opposes it as political retaliation.



[Mike Turner/Republican Congressman: (The FBI) ​​being in the house of President Biden's political rival for nine hours is a serious trespass (the Attorney General will have to justify that)]



Some Republicans said the FIB While insisting on budget cuts and even dissolution of the company, former President Trump directly refuted.



This is how I get text messages from Trump to supporters for coverage.



Usually, it is mostly about asking for donations, but after the house was seized and searched, the FBI is Trump's house, raided Mar-a-Lago, please be with me, and even Trump's son, leftists chasing after my father. Yes, it looks like they are gathering supporters by sending 4-5 text messages like this a day.



In connection with the search and seizure, the White House distanced itself from the Justice Department investigation as being independent and not being reported or involved.



(Video coverage: Lee Sang-wook, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)