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Trump sues the FBI, 'he had 300 top secret papers at home'

2022-08-23T17:19:57.398Z


The former US president presents a motion to the Southern District of Florida, in which he asks for the appointment of a 'special master' for the review and examination of the searched papers (ANSA)


 Donald Trump sues the US government for the FBI blitz in Mar-a-Lago where, according to rumors, over 300 classified documents have been recovered.

The former US president submits a motion to the Southern District of Florida, asking for the appointment of a 'special master' to review and examine the papers searched by federal agents in his home.


    The documents filed with Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump himself, contain a series of accusations and claims.

The blitz - we read in the papers reported by the American media - was dictated by "politics" and "politics cannot be allowed to have an impact on justice.

Trump is clearly the frontrunner for the Republican primary for 2024 and for the 2024 general election should he decide to run.

Beyond this, his endorsements in the 2022 mid-term elections were decisive for the Republican candidates. "The tycoon for his part adds to the dose on his social Truth, calling the" illegal and unconstitutional raid "and explaining that the legal action is aimed at asserting "his rights in respect of" an "unnecessary" blitz.


The Department of Justice says it is aware of the motion filed and stresses that it will respond in the appropriate forum.

If Cannon accepts Trump's request to appoint a special master, the process of reviewing the documents seized by the FBI in Mar-a-Lago will lengthen and also slow down the government's investigation into whether he has obstructed a federal investigation.

In other high-profile Trump-related cases, special masters have been appointed, for example for former lawyer Michael Cohen.

Trump's request for a special master is not unusual: the third-party counsel - also used by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen - is usually a retired judge, who reviews the evidence gathered and determines whether or not they are protected by the lawyer privilege. -customer.

According to CNN, what is not common in Trump's request is the fact that the motion was presented two weeks after the FBI blitz.

This could signal a behind-the-scenes disagreement among lawyers on how to proceed.


    Trump's lawsuit comes as the deadline set by Bruce Reinhart, the Florida judge who authorized the FBI blitz, for the Department of Justice's presentation of the omissions for the affidavit of the search to Mars approaches. a-Lago.

Reinhart has granted the Justice Department until Thursday to file the omissions he deems necessary for the document to be published.

In reiterating his willingness to make the affidavit public, however, Reinhart admitted that he "cannot say at the moment whether the omissions" of the Department of Justice will be so large as to make the dissemination "meaningless". 


Source: ansa

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