I swear, this Trump FBI raid just gets crazier and more complicated by the hour.
Trump now is apparently confirming a June meeting [1] at Mar-a-Lago between DOJ officials and his legal team which preceded Monday’s bombshell FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago.
The FBI conducted an unannounced search of Trump private club in Palm Beach, Florida over documents sought by the National Archives, his son Eric Trump said this week [2].
Trump just posted on his Truth Social site that federal agents broke a padlock they asked him to put on the room where the documents were kept.
“In early June, the DOJ and FBI asked my legal representatives to put an extra lock on the door leading to the place where boxes were stored in Mar-a-Lago – We Agreed,” Trump wrote.
“They were shown the secured area, and the boxes themselves. Then on Monday, with no notification or warning, an army of agents broke into Mar-a-Lago, went to the same storage area, and ripped open the lock that they had asked to be installed.”
He finished, “A surprise attack, POLITICS, and all the while out Country is going to HELL!”
Earlier this year the National Archives and Records Administration said it took 15 boxes of records out of Mar-a-Lago, roughly 12 months after Trump left office. Some of those files were apparently labeled “classified.”
A surprise attack? Something strange is going on here. If Trump was indeed in discussion with the DOJ and complied with their wishes, why would they raid his property? They don’t want the trouble, the FBI and the DOJ knew exactly what would happen if they searched Trump’s property, and I am positive they did everything possible to prevent that.
So someone is lying. And I think we can assume that Trump is the liar.
People on Twitter also had questions:
There's a lot to unpack here…
So…FBI asked his lawyers to install a lock on door in a private hotel/residence, then busted said lock when they "attacked" with their perfectly legal search warrant that was signed off on by a judge and the DOJ? Uh, yeah. Someone's unraveling.๐ pic.twitter.com/UxGN1oDTAI [3]— Jemma the MAGA Slayer ๐ โฎ๏ธ ๐ป๐โ (@Jemma_sais_quoi) August 10, 2022 [4]
What I read, there, is Trump admitting that he was storing classified documents in an unsecure location.
— Cranky Thegn (@CrankyThegn) August 10, 2022 [5]
So his team told them he had the documents, where they were stored, and the methods they were using to store them.
To me, this gives credence to the rumor Trump may have given people access to these documents who should not have had it, for instance Saudi or Russian MAL "guests"
— ProLib | Resist Fascists ๐๐ (@prolibshow) August 10, 2022 [6]
Why hasnโt he shown us the search warrant and a copy of the itemized list of items seized? That will clear things up for him.
— ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ข (@ChidiNwatu) August 10, 2022 [7]
"i complied with the request to further secure the stolen items i refused to return"
— Seb on Meds (@Pgh_Pete) August 10, 2022 [8]
Trump puts himself before the country in everything he does.
He had Reality Winner jailed for 5 years over mishandling Classified Information, so itโs only reasonable to expect the same harsh sentence for himself.
— Andrew4America (@AndrewResist15) August 10, 2022 [9]
Why won't he just release the search warrant and inventory list of what was taken, if everything on his end was above board? ๐ฅด
— Ambienยฎ๏ธ (@NorrinR06303580) August 10, 2022 [10]
He's admitting here he illegally had top secret/classified docs from WH that needed to be secured. Why didn't he just give them back? This implies he WOULD NOT and so they said please secure the docs. But of course he is the victim not the criminal. ๐คฆโโ๏ธhttps://t.co/6g1w0ROPYv [11]
— Lisa York ๐๐ทโ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (@YorkLisa) August 10, 2022 [12]
Trump actually admits to having classified documents in his possession. https://t.co/PzhpwPWab0 [13]
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) August 10, 2022 [14]
The degenerate is whining because he STOLE documents that he KNEW he was not supposed to steal. NA tried getting them back for over a year & the degenerate just would not return the documents that do not belong to him. https://t.co/EDTjO5wc7a [15]
— ๐Denise Lโฎ๏ธ (@Notloud76) August 10, 2022 [16]