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The crisis is consumed between Donald Trump and his former Minister of Justice William Barr. He had defended it on just about everything during his presidency, but in an interview on Fox News, Bill Barr did not seek to justify the presence of sensitive documents in the residence of Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago , in Florida. Quite the contrary.
With our correspondent in Houston, Thomas Harms
Donald Trump’s former Justice Minister, Bill Barr, estimated on Friday September 2 that the spectacular FBI search at the home of the former American president seemed justified.
It must be said that besides a mass of documents seized48 classified folders were found with nothing inside and another 42 empty folders were said to be “ donated to military aide ”, without further information. No one knows what was in those documents.
For William Barr, there is no legitimate reason for the former president to have boxes of sensitive, confidential or top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“ People say the FBI search was unprecedented, said William Barr. It’s unprecedented for a former president to take all these sensitive documents and put them in a country club.. »
In his defense, Donald Trump said he had ” declassified these documents, but without providing evidence, which his former Minister of Justice also doubts.
For many analysts, this sounds like an admission by Donald Trump, who admits having taken documents. However, whether they are secret or not, legally, everything written by a president must be given to the national archives.
In response, Donald Trump attacked William Barr on his social media, accusing him of being a man without courage, weak and pathetic, a captive of the extreme Democratic radical left.
In early August, a total of 11,179 documents and photos were seized at Mar-a-Lago, in boxes that were mixed with clothes, magazines, gifts received while Donald Trump was president.
Donald Trump will speak this Saturday, September 3 in Pennsylvania, for the first time since his home was searched.
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