The “nuclear weapons issue is a hoax,” the Former U.S. President Donald Trump declared on social media on Friday in response to a Washington Post report that FBI agents had raided his Florida residence earlier this week in search of nuclear documents.
The Post said that it was unclear whether any documents were retrieved at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach.
The United States Justice Department urged a judge on Thursday to make public the warrant that permitted the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, after Trump, a Republican, described it as political vengeance.
On his Truth Social startup social media site, Trump declared on Friday morning that the “nuclear weapons issue is a hoax,” linking it to the controversies involving Russia, his two impeachments, and the Mueller investigation.
He said, “Same sleazy people involved.”
“Why wouldn’t the FBI allow the inspection of areas at Mar-a-Lago with our lawyer’s, or others, present?” He said on Truth Social.
The Justice Department believes some of the documents Trump may have taken from the White House when he left office in January 2021 are classified, therefore the search of his house was a part of an investigation into whether he did so illegally.
In view of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the circumstances, and the significant public interest in this subject, according to Garland, the Justice Department requested that the warrant be made public.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the FBI removed around 10 boxes from Trump’s Florida home during the raid. Trump wasn’t in Florida when it happened.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, a Democratic President Joe Biden appointee, told a press conference on Thursday that he had personally approved the search.
The Justice Department also wants to make a censored receipt for the items seized public.
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“The department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken, ” Garland said.
Extremely unusually, he decided to publicly confirm the search. To safeguard people’s rights, law enforcement officers in the United States normally do not publicise current investigations. In this case, Trump revealed the raid himself in a Monday night statement.
The Justice Department, according to Garland, requested that the warrant be made public “in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter.”
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the FBI removed around 10 boxes from Trump’s Florida home during the raid. Trump wasn’t in Florida when it happened.
