According to several American media, the operation is related to an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.
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Donald Trump announced on Monday August 7 that his famous Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, had been “searched” by the FBI. “Our nation is living through dark days. My beautiful Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach (…) is besieged and has been raided and occupied by numerous FBI agents”said the former president in a statement, saying he was the victim of a “political persecution”. Contacted by AFP, the FBI did not confirm the search or wish to comment.
“They even broke into my safe!”was indignant Donald Trump, who was not there at the time of the search, according to the New York Times. The Republican did not specify the reason for the operation of the federal police but several media, including the New York daily, report that it is linked to an investigation into the mismanagement of classified documents.
In February, the National Archives said it had to recover fifteen boxes of documents from Florida that the billionaire had taken with him when he left Washington in January 2021. The federal agency recalled that Donald Trump was not authorized to do so. : under a 1978 law, every American president must send all of his e-mails, letters and other working documents to the National Archives, which is responsible for keeping them.
The announcement of the search outraged Republicans. The leader of the Conservatives in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, denounced a “intolerable instrumentalization for political purposes” of the Ministry of Justice. Donald Trump is linked, directly or indirectly, by several legal files. A parliamentary commission seeks in particular to shed light on the role that the ex-president played in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
