Trump to Make First Punch, Says ‘Major Motion’ to Come After FBI Raid

Former President Donald Trump announced Friday that a “major motion” will soon come following the FBI’s raid on his Mar-a-Lago resort.

“A major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment will soon be filed concerning the illegal Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, right before the ever important Mid-Term Elections,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, less than two weeks after the FBI raided his resort in Mar-a-Lago in search of supposedly classified documents.

“My rights, together with the rights of all Americans, have been violated at a level rarely seen before in our Country,” Trump continued. “Remember, they even spied on my campaign. The greatest Witch Hunt in USA history has been going on for six years, with no consequences to the scammers. It should not be allowed to continue!”

Trump’s announcement, if it were to materialize, represents the former president’s first major legal move after the feds raided his Florida home. It is unclear as of writing who Trump plans to sue, but the Department of Justice (DOJ), specifically Attorney General Merrick Garland—who said he “personally approved” the warrant—would likely be among the defendants.

The Fourth Amendment states that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

A local law enforcement officer in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2022. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)

A key piece of information to Trump’s lawsuit would be the search warrant executed by the FBI agents in the raid, which was unsealed by Obama-appointed magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart

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