Washington: In an unprecedented search conducted at former US President Donald Trump’s compound in Florida earlier this week, FBI agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons, which the US Department of Justice has neither confirmed, The Washington Post reported. neither denied nor confirmed it. , which oversees the FBI. The newspaper reported “all unknown” officials involved in the investigation, but did not provide any further details about the nuclear weapons documents sought by the agents.
Government officials are reportedly concerned that these documents could fall into the wrong hands at Trump’s Florida home, which is also a club frequented by members. The report says Donald Trump has seized an undeclared amount of documents from his presidency, which the government is required to turn over to him for archives. The National Archive, which is the repository of these documents, has been following up with him and his colleagues for months.
According to a statement from Trump, FBI agents searched Trump’s home on Monday in an unprecedented search for a US president who “raided it” in a political ploy to discredit it and dismantle his base with a familiar story. ” Told. He had used against the Russian investigation and his double impeachment.
As aides and followers supposedly scorn and indignate at the “raid,” Trump and his lawyers told him and the country details not available through a search warrant issued by a federal judge that would have contained grounds for it, or Itemized list of articles taken by the FBI “at least 15 boxes” that were duly provided to them.
Hounded heroes were once again for the US president, for his followers “including several lawmakers” who had no idea why their premises were searched. US Attorney General Merrick Garland, who heads the Justice Department overseeing the FBI, slammed the former president.
Court orders cancellation of search warrant for Mar-e-Lago raid
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion earlier this week to void the search warrant for the Mar-a-Lago residence of former President Donald Trump. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement on Thursday after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, reports Xinhua news agency.
Addressing the press at DOJ headquarters, Garland said that he personally “approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this case,” and added, “The department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible.” “It is standard practice to seek less intrusive means. As a substitute for a search and to limit the scope of any search that may be carried out.”
Trump and his allies have condemned the operation as a political attack by Democrats, calling on the FBI and the DOJ. The raid is said to have included classified material that Trump allegedly took from the White House to Mar-a-Lago when he stepped down in January 2021. The Presidential Records Act requires that all records maintained by presidents be changed. The National Archives at the end of his administration.
Some of Trump’s presidential records obtained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) included paper records torn by Trump, according to the federal agency. In January, NARA also arranged for the transportation of 15 boxes containing the presidential records from Mar-a-Lago to the National Archives.
(with IANS inputs)