‘Witch Hunt’: Trump Criticizes Biden White House Over Mar-a-Lago Raid

Former President Donald Trump dismissed a White House claim that it didn’t know about the FBI raid on his Florida home.

“The ‘White House’ just announced that it had NO KNOWLEDGE of the early morning RAID on Mar-a-Lago, or the break in of Melania’s closets, my safe’s, or the secured and locked storage area where unclassified documents were safely held, and which the FBI knew of, was shown, and made recommendations that another lock be added (which they cracked, but not with the safecracker that they brought with them!),” Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform on Aug. 13.

“Does ANYBODY really believe that the White House didn’t know about this?” Trump continued. “WITCH HUNT!”

Trump was referring to comments made by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Aug. 9, when she said President Joe Biden “was not briefed” and “was not aware of” the FBI raid. She also said, “No one at the White House was given a heads up.”

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FBI agents recovered what they deemed to be documents marked as confidential, classified, and top secret from Trump’s resort on Aug. 8, according to a warrant and a property receipt unsealed by Judge Bruce Reinhart on Friday afternoon. However, Trump has said that the documents were “all declassified.”

The warrant said the FBI was investigating the former president for possible violation of three different laws. One of the laws, which falls under the Espionage Act, prohibits a broad range of actions regarding sensitive government records, including gathering, transmitting, or losing information related to national defense.

Republican lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee, including House GOP Conference Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), held a press conference on Aug. 12 to push back on the FBI raid.

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