Some aides to Donald Trump say Donald Trump wants to release private security camera footage of the hours-long raid inMarch. and reportedly embarrassed by the enthusiasm of his entourage-a-Lago by the FBI.
his son Eric Trump , pledged to do so "absolutely" and "at the right time" in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday.
CNN interviewedthat the video could have been easily filmed by Democratic operatives and used in campaign advertising, unless there was clear evidence on the film. , some personally speculated that it might do more harm than good. of an FBI agent committing some kind of unseemly act.
"Despite reading the large number of figures on the inventory and knowing that they may contain classified documents, law enforcement officers have actually removed a dozen or more items from President Trump's home. Seeing him carrying boxes out is another story.
Trump's former attorney, Ty Cobb, speculated that there was no evidence of such wrongdoing on the tape.
"If something goes wrong, if someone plants evidence or shows something like that, it's going to be really explosive," he told the network. That's the main reason I doubt they'll put it out there because they haven't shown they're planting evidence and I'm pretty sure that ridiculous claim has been taken off the table
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to begin compiling the affidavit leading to a search warrant for Donald Trump's residence. I executed the warrant last Monday. The agency is known to investigate suspected illegal retention of classified material, but it is not clear at this time what that means. What it was is unknown.
The president's team has reportedly fought for months over the documents with the National Archives, which maintains all presidential records once the administration leaves office. Trump, like all presidents in history, has little to no understanding of the need to go through the Federal Register to obtain documents for his personal use.
At the same time, he accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of obtaining documents for the presidential library project, and falsely accused him of wrongdoing in the matter.
His former National Security Advisor John Bolton pointed out during an altercation with reporters on Wednesday that the former president clearly does not understand the law, and that Mr. He said he could have gotten most of the information using simple routes. all the documents he wanted.
"Look...regular government agencies weren't like that...we're ready to give you access to the documents they use or find." Mr. Bolton said an independent. "There are many ways to give a former president access to classified documents under secure conditions."
"You don't have to sneak them out of the White House." It was," added the former White House aide. "As far as we know he wouldn't ask, and I think that's part of the problem."
