US Justice Secretary Merrick Garland said on Thursday that he had
"personally approved"
the search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home on Monday, condemning
"unfounded attacks"
against his department and the FBI.
During an exceptional press conference, Merrick Garland did not reveal the results of the search, but he specified that it had been approved by a federal judge.
A spectacular search
Donald Trump had suggested Wednesday on his social network that the federal police (FBI) could have
"placed"
evidence against him during this search.
“The FBI and other federal agents did not let
anyone, not even my lawyers, near the areas that were searched and examined during the search at Mar-a-Lago,”
the Republican complained on its Truth Social platform.
"They asked everyone to leave the place, they wanted to be alone, without witnesses to see what they were doing, taking or, what I do not hope, 'placing'",
he accused , without substantiating his remarks.
“Why did they strongly insist that no one observe them, and get everyone out?”
, insisted Donald Trump.
Monday evening, the federal police carried out a spectacular search of the residence of the billionaire in Florida, provoking a wave of indignation among conservatives.
Never had a former tenant of the White House been worried by justice in this way.
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Does the federal police search have to do with the many boxes that Donald Trump took with him when he left the White House in January 2021?
Is it related to the investigation into his responsibility in the assault on the Capitol?
Does it rather relate to the suspicions of financial fraud of which the Trump Organization is the subject in New York?
Neither the Department of Justice nor the FBI nor the New York City Department commented this week.
Donald Trump claims his innocence in all these cases.