FBI search for 'nuclear weapons files' during raid at Donald Trump's mansion

Published date12 August 2022
Publication titleDaily Star: Web Edition Articles (England)
While it's not clear whether any documents were recovered, it does however mark the first time a former US president's home has ever been searched by law enforcement, The Daily Mirror reports

According to an unnamed US official, the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home was approved by those at the highest levels of the Department of Justice.

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The search has received significant blowback from Republican politicians who called the search politically motivated.

Former Vice-President, Mike Pence, has called on the attorney general to give "a full accounting" of why the search warrant was carried out while White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that President Joe Biden was given no advance notice by the FBI of the raid.

She said he "learned about this from public reports".

She added: "The president was not briefed and was not aware of it. No-one at the White House was given a heads-up."

After reports of the search began to spread, a community of Trump supporters made their presence know outside his Florida home with some lifting banners calling on the 45th President to run again in 2024.

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