FBI forced to explain

The issue has also plagued some Democrats, including former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who sought clarification from the State Department at the risk of undermining a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol shootings. increase.

“The DOJ must immediately explain the reason for the raid, and it must be more than a search of unimportant archives. It undermines the legitimacy of today’s investigation,” he tweeted.

Meanwhile, Trump fans also gathered outside Mar-a-Lago in Florida and Trump Tower in New York to voice their support for the former president and denounce his actions as another political “witch hunt.” .

The FBI search warrant was issued Monday night by Trump himself in a statement on the Truth Social website, saying his property was “currently being surrounded, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. It was revealed by claiming that there is

“They broke into my safe too!” he wrote.

Officials were searching for classified documents taken from the White House after Trump left Washington after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

The National Archives and Records Administration, which is responsible for preserving and documenting government and historical records, said last year that Trump’s representatives had kept it on Mar-a-Lago property in violation of an executive order. I started getting in touch about the White House box of records. Presidential Records Act.

Fifteen boxes were recovered in January, including some that were “marked as classified national security information” and others that appeared to have been “torn up” by Trump.

Although the president claimed in a statement that he was cooperating, federal officials were reportedly increasingly concerned that Trump or his lawyers had not returned all the documents.

Details of the warrant remain sealed, and anger continues to be fueled in Washington without explanation from FBI Director Chris Wray or Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“Merrick Garland, Chris Wray – Please come to the House Judiciary Committee this Friday to answer our questions about this action…never happened in American history!” Jim Jordan, a veteran-turned-Ohio politician, told Fox News:

“What was in the warrant? What exactly were you doing? What were you looking for?”

Wray was named FBI Director by President Trump in 2017.

Execution of the search warrant will come as the task force on the January 6th Capitol shootings prepares to release its findings next month. This follows a series of explosive hearings that accused the former president of deliberately inciting the incident, followed by a deliberate and joint coordinated attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

It’s also the latest in a series of legal investigations into Trump, including an Atlanta district attorney’s investigation into his election loss in the battleground state of Georgia. and a New York survey of his business practices.

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