Donald Trump described this Wednesday as “unjustified” the search by the US justice system of classified documents kept at his home and at the origin of a search in early August at the former president’s house.
The raid, which sparked a political firestorm, is described by Trump’s lawyers as “unprecedented, unnecessary and without legal basis” as part of a “spurious pursuit to criminalize the secure possession, by a former president, of presidential files and personal”.
“The alleged justification for the opening of this criminal investigation is the alleged discovery of sensitive information within the fifteen boxes” of presidential documents kept in the former president’s residence in Florida and recovered in January by the National Archives, the defense writes. of the Republican billionaire.
They criticize the conduct of the Minister of Justice
“But this ‘discovery’ should have been anticipated in view of the very nature of the presidential archives. In other words, the idea that the presidential archives contain sensitive information should never have been a cause for concern,” the authors’ lawyers say. .
Donald Trump thus defends his request that an independent expert examine the documents seized at his home by the federal police (FBI) on August 8. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
The former president’s defense responds, with this document, to a statement published Tuesday to Wednesday night by the US Department of Justice, which explains in the most detailed way to date the reasons for the raid.
Federal investigators say top-secret documents seized from the Mar-a-Lago, Florida, residence “were likely withheld” to hinder federal law enforcement’s investigation of him.
In particular, they reveal a shocking photo showing documents seized by federal police, emblazoned with the words “Top Secret,” spread out on a floral-patterned rug. The publication of this photo by the federal justice was done “for free” and in order to produce “a dramatic effect”, Trump’s lawyers attack.
Source: BFM TV
