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Trump Accuses FBI of Staging Photos of Scattered Documents During Mar-a-Lago Raid

© AP Photo / Andrew HarnikFormer President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.08.2022
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Former US President Donald Trump accused the FBI of staging a scene during its August 8 raid of his Florida residence, claiming that they strewed documents on the floor and took photos of them for the public.
"Terrible the way the FBI, during the Raid of Mar-a-Lago, threw documents haphazardly all over the floor (perhaps pretending it was me that did it!), and then started taking pictures of them for the public to see." Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
According to the inventory from the raid, the FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents among about two dozen boxes it seized as part of its inquiry into potential criminal violations by the former president.
Former US President Donald Trump's residence in Mar-A-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.08.2022
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The search at Mar-a-Lago was related to an investigation by the Department of Justice into Trump allegedly having breached the Espionage Act and mismanaged federal records. He is also suspected of obstructing justice. Out of 15 boxes of documents seized at Trump's residence, 184 files were determined to have classified marks on them, with some of the documents identified as very sensitive government records.
Trump has repeatedly slammed the DOJ's investigation as "unprecedented for a former president" and referred to it as a political "witch hunt".
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