Former US President Donald Trump on Monday asked a court to appoint an independent expert to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Florida home to determine if any of them can be kept confidential.
This search, conducted by federal police on August 8 and unprecedented for a former head of state, “was illegal and unconstitutional, and we are doing everything possible to recover the documents,” the Republican billionaire said in a press release.
In a court document where he repeats that he was attacked for political reasons, the former president wants the appointment of an independent expert who would be in charge of reviewing the seized documents and determining which ones Donald Trump can keep “confidential”, and therefore not be used in the investigations. .
Justice “cannot be used for political ends”
“Protected documents were taken” by the confidentiality between client and lawyer, he added in his press release. The list of objects seized by the FBI, made public, mentions many documents classified as “top secret”.
Investigators suspect that the Republican violated a US law on espionage that very strictly regulates the possession of confidential documents. Donald Trump assured that these documents had been declassified.
“The government has treated President Donald Trump unfairly for too long,” his lawyers write in the court document, stating that he is “the favorite in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries” as well as in the presidential election itself, even “if he decides introduce oneself”. as a candidate.”
Justice “cannot be used for political purposes,” they say again. Donald Trump is also under investigation for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and his role in his supporters storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Source: BFM TV
