On Tuesday, a conservative watchdog asked a court for permission to unseal an FBI search warrant against former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago house in Palm Beach.
“Given Trump’s political background and the unusual act of issuing a search warrant to the home of an ex-President, it is important that the public be informed as quickly as possible about the reasons for this action.” states The motion was filed in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida by Judicial Watch.
” Any government interest in protecting the identities and confidentiality of witnesses, or any other sources, can be addressed through appropriate redactions to the search warrant form.” According to the motion. (RELATED: Trump Alleges FBI Blocked Lawyers From Watching Raid, Says He Hopes FBI Wasn’t Planting Evidence)
FBI agents executed the warrant on Trump’s residence in connection to an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation about 15 boxes of records and other items the former president allegedly took from the White House. The Presidential Records Act was signed in 1978 and requires records related to the oval office to be preserved and kept by the National Archives and Record Administration.
Trump called the search a “weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024” on Monday. A Florida attorney who works for Trump told CBS News that she and another attorney were not allowed to enter Trump’s home during the warrant execution. According to CBS News,
FBI officers spent approximately eight hours at this property. According to CBS News, the Bureau did not comment.
” “Generally speaking search warrants were sealed and not accessible to the public,” a spokesperson for U.S. District Court for Southern District of Florida said to Daily Caller News Foundation.
DALLAS, TEXAS – AUGUST 06: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“The Biden administration’s raid on President Trump’s home is an outrageous, reckless and unprecedented abuse of power. The American people are entitled to the truth about what happened, and who was responsible” said Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch.
The White House has so far denied that it had any prior knowledge of the executed warrant on Trump’s residence. The DCNF was told Tuesday by two former FBI agents that it’s likely that the White House will be briefed about a case of such magnitude.
“An event such as yesterday’s has been orchestrated and especially because it was done against the former President,” ex-FBI agent Robert Chacon said. He specialized in criminal and counterterrorism matters. It was orchestrated at high levels .”
A Trump spokesperson did not respond immediately to our request for comment.
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