The raid on Donald Trump’s Florida residence further polarized the United States. Photo: AFP
The open investigation on former US president Donald Trump for take confidential documents from the White House it further polarized US politics less than three months before the key mid-term elections.
The vice president of the country, Kamala Harris, on Saturday called the position of the Republicans “dangerous” and “irresponsible”, who denounced a political persecution behind the search carried out by the FBI last Monday at Trump’s villa in Florida.
Speaking to the Oakland, Calif., Press, Harris said FBI agents are doing “very important work” and condemned the fact that Republicans have employed “a rhetoric that unmasks law enforcement.”
A man was shot dead while trying to break into the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday, an incident that Democrats have linked to Republican criticism of Trump’s domestic police.
US Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Republicans on Saturday. Photo: BLOOMBERG
The raid
The FBI search took place on Monday at the mansion of former President Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where the agents They were looking for classified documents that Trump would have illegally taken when you leave the office.
The White House claims that this is an independent investigation carried out by the Justice Department and that the president, Joe Biden, learned of it in the press.
But the Republicans and Trump himself political persecution denounced ahead of November’s legislative elections, in which Democrats could lose a majority in Congress.
Given the turmoil generated, US Attorney General Merrick Garland asked the judge to publish the search warrant for the mansion, which Trump did not object to.
The residence of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: REUTERS
In the order, revealed on Friday, it is indicated that the former president is under investigation by possible commission of three offenses: violation of the law on espionage, obstruction of justice and destruction of acts, which, in the event of a conviction, can lead to fines, imprisonment and disqualification from political office.
Inventory
For its part, the inventory of what was seized by the FBI shows that the documentation includes 26 boxes each labeled with a numberas well as several folders of documents and photos labeled as “top secret” or “confidential”.
These include a document entitled “President of France” and another on the request for pardon of Roger Stone, confidant of Trump, as well as numerous confidential documents without description.
The order approved by Palm Beach Judge Bruce Reindhart was signed on August 5, three days before the raid, and gave the FBI until the 19th of this month to carry out the search.
The FBI warrant for the search of Donald Trump’s residence. Photo: REUTERS
That warrant listed what the FBI could seize: any document or box marked “classified”, any evidence of transmission of national security data or information, and any presidential file created between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021, the four years of Trump’s tenure.
They might even be looking for some proof of document destruction of the Presidency.
Trump defended himself on his own social network, Truth, assuring that “first of all, everything was declassified. Secondly, they didn’t need to ‘seize’ anything. They could have done it at any time, without doing politics or going to Mar -a-Lago. Everything was in a secure warehouse. (…) All they had to do was ask. “
He also accused former President Barack Obama (2009-2017) of taking millions of documents when he left the White House, which the National Archives Administration denied in a statement claiming that the former Democratic president had delivered the documentation as established by the law.
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