China News Service, August 16. According to comprehensive US media reports, former US President Trump issued a document on the 15th local time claiming that the FBI "stole" three of his passports when they raided Mar-a-Lago. (One of them expired).

  According to reports, Trump also accused that "an attack on a political opponent of this level has never been seen in our country."

File photo: Trump.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

  According to Newsweek, it is not uncommon for presidents and some government officials to have more than one passport, which may include tourist passports, diplomatic passports, and "official" passports granted to U.S. government officials.

  The US”Newsweek” also said that although Trump did not disclose any details of why the FBI wanted these passports, some”Twitter” users speculated that this was because Trump was considered a flight risk.

Image source: Screenshot of the US "Newsweek" report.

  If the news is true, attorney Seth Abramson wrote, "The FBI is acknowledging what I have long said...Trump is a flight risk. "

  According to the New York Post, the seizure of someone’s passport often indicates that authorities believe they are at “risk of absconding” or may face criminal charges and need to prevent them from traveling outside the United States.

  The FBI has not yet responded.

  A court document released on the 12th local time showed that the FBI took 11 classified documents during a raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, some of which were marked as "top secret" or "sensitive quarantine information."

  The search warrants included in the court documents also show investigators opened an investigation into possible violations of three federal laws: violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and the unlawful handling of government records.

  Trump said the documents had been declassified.

Trump posted on social media on the 14th, calling on the FBI to return the documents confiscated at Mar-a-Lago, saying the documents were protected by "attorney-client privilege" and "executive privilege."