former President of the United States Republican, Donald Trumpannounced on Monday that FBI agents had carried out an unannounced “raid” at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida (South).

“While I cooperated with the relevant government agencies,” a search of the famous Mar-a-Lago was “neither necessary nor appropriate,” Trump said.

“Our people are going through dark days, my beautiful home, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is under siege, searched and occupied by numerous agents,” the former US president said. “They even cracked my safe!” he heard. He complained that he was “persecuted for political reasons”.

He did not say why the federal police operation was carried out. CNN reported that Mr. Trump was not at his residence during the FBI operation, which was executing the search warrant.

The FBI has yet to confirm the investigation. The Justice Department in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to a Los Angeles Times report relayed by a German agency.

Eric Trump, son of former US Republican President Donald Trump, told Fox News that a federal police search of his father’s home in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida was to find missing presidential papers that the National Archives wants returned. . .

Criminal cases against Trump

Several criminal cases have been initiated against Donald Trump. What’s more, the House Select Committee of Inquiry is still trying to shed more light on his role in the attack on the federal Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of his supporters caused havoc in Congress by delaying the official process of confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.

The Federal Ministry of Justice is investigating the case, but has not yet brought the former president to criminal liability. However, at the end of July, Attorney General Merrick Garland did not rule out such a possibility.

An investigation into Mr. Trump’s removal of presidential documents is still ongoing. In February, according to the National Archives, which notified Congress, about 15 boxes of documents, some of which were classified, were discovered at the former president’s Florida home.

Donald Trump, always very popular among Republican supporters, is increasingly openly flirting with the idea of ​​running again for president in 2024.

The former US president made his club and golf course in Palm Beach his home after leaving the White House in January 2021. He usually spends the summer at another golf club he owns in Bedminster, New Jersey, as Mar-a-Lago usually closes from May for the summer.

According to APE-MPE, Reuters, AFP, dpa/tca, Xinhua.