The US Justice Department on Monday objected to the release of a court document detailing the reasons that led federal investigators to search former President Donald Trump’s property in Mar-a-Lago, Florida last week, AFP and Reuters reported, Agerpres reported. .

The federal police operation at the Mar-a-Lago residence – the first for a former US president – sparked a political firestorm as Trump and his supporters denounced it as a “witch hunt”.

Several organizations, including the media, asked the judge to release the court document in which investigators typically explain why the search was necessary.

The Ministry of Justice on Monday assured that such a publication would “irreparably affect the ongoing criminal investigation.”

On Friday, this time at the request of the prosecutor’s office, the judge published the decision on the search and the list of confiscated documents.

Former US President Donald Trump declared himself the victim of an unprecedented attack on a political opponent in the US on Monday. He accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of stealing several of his passports during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.

“Wow! During the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, they stole three of my passports (one was expired) along with the rest,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.

“This is an attack on a political opponent at an unprecedented level in our country. The third world!” – continued the former head of the White House.