Trump sues the US government and demands an independent investigation of the files seized from his Florida mansion

• US Search warrant for Trump reveals he took classified material home

• USA Donald Trump, investigated by Justice for stealing state secrets

Former US President

has filed a lawsuit demanding a court appoint an independent party to examine

Florida mansion.

Citing the target of a

motivated investigation , Trump has demanded that an "expert" be appointed to review the more than two dozen boxes of files in the

unprecedented

The expert, who would not act under the direction of the Justice Department

as "privileged" or protected from use in investigations.

"The raid, search and seizure at Mar-a-Lago

, and we are taking the necessary steps to get those documents back," Trump said.

"They seized

by executive privilege," he added.

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The FBI warrant said

and official White House recordings that he had no right to have and refused to return.

Aside from the potential

highly sensitive records laws, the Department said such materials were also

unspecified ongoing federal investigations.

Proceedings that may implicate the former president

by Trump supporters and another investigation into his supporters' efforts to manipulate the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Appointing an expert could potentially

, especially if Trump's thesis that most were privileged documents is accepted.

Additionally, it could interfere if the Justice Department considers

refusing to release these documents.

The complaint was filed not in

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where the original order was issued, but in one farther away in Fort Pierce, where the only judge was appointed by

Trump

"is the clear favorite in the Republican primary and the 2024 general election, should he decide to run," the suit adds, suggesting the

raid was politically motivated.

More than 300 documents

Donald Trump accumulated

in his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida),

As published by the newspaper, the

has recovered half in the last year and a half, that is, since Trump left the White House in January 2021.

The documents were turned over to the Justice Department by

in June, and the FBI seized more classified files in the notorious search it carried out this month at the former president's Florida mansion.

Until now, the exact volume of material that US security forces had found in

was unknown .

have not yet been released

.

The Department of Justice has only made public some fragments of the

with which the FBI inspected the former president's mansion.

That order indicates that

and people close to him could be committing

, destruction of documents and violation of the espionage law.

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