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Former President Donald Trump He said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe.
The Justice Department declined to comment on the raid, but Mr Trump said in a statement that "a large group of FBI agents" were involved. said. Both his FBI headquarters in Washington and the FBI field office in Miami declined to comment.
The raid appears to have been about a box of documents Trump brought from the White House to a club in Florida, the New York Times reported, citing two of his two acquaintances with the investigation. It was reported by citing an unnamed person.
Mr Trump said the property was "currently besieged, raided and occupied." He did not say why the attack took place.
"Having worked with relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was neither necessary nor appropriate," Trump said. They even broke into safes.”
Later on Monday, Trump did not mention the raid during a short conference call with Leora Levy, who supported the Republican nomination for the Senator from Connecticut.
Trump was not at the mansion when the raid took place, CNN reported. CNN also, citing unnamed sources, said the search was tied to classified documents.
Since leaving the White House in January 2021, Trump, who has a Palm Beach club at home, said the a-Lago usually closes in May for the summer months in March.
The Justice Department has launched an early-stage investigation into Trump's removal of records from his Florida property, a source familiar with the matter said in April.
The investigation comes after the US National Archives and Records Administration informed Congress in February that it had recovered about 15 boxes of White House documents from Trump's Florida home. some of which contained confidential material.
The then-U.S. House Oversight Committee announced it was expanding its investigation into Trump's actions and called for additional information to be submitted to the archives.
Trump has previously admitted that he agreed to return certain records to the archives, calling it a "normal, routine process."
Other investigations into Trump
In addition to the presidential record case, Trump has launched a number of other investigations, including a congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021 assault by a Trump supporter. is under investigation. The US Capitol and accusations that Trump tried to influence Georgia's 2020 election results.
Additionally, federal attorneys in Washington, D.C., are investigating plans by Trump's allies to submit false electoral rolls in a failed bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Under the leadership of Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, who took office last fall, the Justice Department has begun issuing grand jury subpoenas to electors in battleground states. Proof of Trump's election.
According to several subpoenas seen by Reuters, prosecutors have accused electors and federal employees, "members, employees and agents of Donald J. Trump," and seeking contact with specific individuals. in Trump's inner circle, which includes attorneys John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, and Rudy Giuliani.
In his July interview with NBC News, Attorney General Merrick Garland questioned whether the Justice Department would indict Trump over his Jan. 6 events if the evidence was such. Asked if they supported action.
Garland replied: that is our job. I haven't paid any attention to other issues in that regard. ''
Georgia has a special college to consider evidence in a Georgia prosecutor's investigation into Trump's attempts to influence the state's 2020 election results. A jury selected him May.
This investigation focuses in part on a phone call Trump made to his Secretary of State of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican, on January 2, 2021. Mr Trump's election loss had to be overturned, according to audio recordings obtained by The Washington Post.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization inflated real estate values. Two of Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, have testified in the investigation, and Trump has agreed to testify.
Trump denies wrongdoing He said the investigation was politically motivated. James is a Democrat. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Eric Beach, Washington; Written by Rami Ayub and Daniel Trotta; Editing by Mary Milliken and Leslie Adler)
