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The U.S. federal government and FBI appear to be fully out of control as President Donald Trump confirms they have raided his private residence in Florida.
Trump was in New York when the raid occurred. Multiple sources report that Biden’s FBI conducted the raid because Trump allegedly took home confidential materials to his private residence after his presidency.
However, as president, Trump was the ultimate declassification authority. Nonetheless, Biden’s FBI carried out the raid and grabbed documents and boxes without going through them on the property.
They took boxes and documents to go through them later, sources confirmed. They were not being judicious about what they took.
Federal law bars the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations, but Trump would have been an authorized authority. This raid is widely being viewed as “political prosecution.”
“Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before,” Trump said in a statement.
“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” he continued.
“It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections,” Trump added.
The FBI has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Here’s Trump statement:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 8, 2022
The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN.
Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.”
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” he said in a statement.
— Advertisement — Trump was not in Florida at the time of the raid.
The Justice Department declined to comment, as did the White House.
CNN has reached out to the FBI for comment.
