Former President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the FBI overturned a dossier containing photographs included in an indictment for allegedly misappropriating classified material in a post on Truth Social.
“Weird! Everything in the box was so neat, tidy and clean,” Trump said. Posted on social networks. “Did the FBI just turn over one box and apologize after being caught, in the same way it ‘staging’ papers on the floor during the Mar-a-Lago raid?” (Related article: ‘Deeply troubled’: Mike Pence speaks out on Trump indictment)
President Trump said on Thursday he was informed by his attorneys that he had been indicted as a result of a search of classified documents that were the subject of the Aug. 8 raid on his Mar-a-Lago, Fla., mansion. Announced on Truth Social. page 49 prosecution The photo, which was opened on Friday, shows part of a box containing documents recovered during the raid, one of which had been overturned, spilling photos and other items.
“Today, an indictment was released indicting Donald J. Trump for violation of the National Security Act and conspiracy to obstruct justice,” Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a statement to the press on Friday. “This indictment was voted on by a grand jury of residents of the Southern District of Florida and is urged to be read in its entirety by all to understand the scope and gravity of the crimes charged. The men and women of the U.S. Intelligence Service and our military are giving their lives to protect our country and its people.”
Most Republican presidential candidates condemned the indictments, but businessman Vivek Ramaswamy said he would pardon Trump.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blown up Republican lawmakers likewise shared the indictment on Twitter. Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
More than two-thirds of Republicans in an NBC poll said the probe into the former president was politically motivated.
When asked for comment on Trump’s post, the FBI referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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