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Susie Wiles, a lobbyist and seasoned Republican strategist who ran Donald Trump's successful 2016 Florida effort, on October 19, 2016, in Florida. (CNN) ...

to the former President's quest for a second term, Wiles, in her conversations with people inside Trump's orbit, has downplayed the role she could play. Caputo, the Trump adviser, called it a "terrible mistake" by DeSantis to let Wiles go. DeSantis placed the blame on Wiles and cut her out of his circle, though he never explained to her why, a source said. "She was able to immediately come in and bring a level of organization that kept people on task." They purged staffers they viewed as too close to Wiles and marginalized her role in his political operation. But behind the scenes, a gulf emerged between him and Wiles. A person close to DeSantis said the governor's wife, Casey, an influential voice in his orbit, privately questioned whether Wiles was more loyal to Ballard's lobbying clients, and the couple grew skeptical of the allegiances of people she had hired. The two clicked, though Trump at first was unconvinced his campaign needed a full-time person in Florida. "Dad, the few times we've been out in public together recently, I've been ashamed we shared the same last name," Wiles said in a letter that was read during the intervention, according to Summerall's 2006 autobiography. "She knows what to magnify that will resonate with the public." Some of those allies are on weekly calls that Wiles holds with Trump's political team, when she and his coterie of paid advisers discuss primaries on the horizon and how Trump-backed candidates are faring. Last week, Wiles was seated to the right of Trump during a meeting at Bedminster with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, according to a photo posted But if she needs to get something to Trump without delay, she has been known to make an appearance on the green as well.

Newly revealed photographs reveal two occasions on which former President Donald Trump apparently flushed documents down the toilet.

In the images revealed on Monday, it's unclear what the documents are in reference to -- and who authored them -- but they appear to be written in Trump's handwriting in black marker. Trump has denied the allegations, and in a statement given to Axios on Monday, a spokesman claimed that reporting about the practice was fabricated. Trump had a pattern of disregarding normal record preservation procedures.

How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.

“Milley would go right at why it’s important for the President to know this about the Army and why the Army is the service that wins all the nation’s wars. Urban told the President that he would connect better with Milley, who was loquacious and blunt to the point of being rude, and who had the Ivy League pedigree that always impressed Trump. “You should go to Europe and just get the fuck out of D.C.,” Kelly said. You shouldn’t run to be the chairman.” Milley later told people that he had replied sharply to Mattis, “I’m not lobbying for any fucking thing. “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the President replied. “I’m telling you it ain’t me.” Milley even claimed that he had begged Urban to cease promoting his candidacy. “These were very untalented people and once I realized it, I did not rely on them, I relied on the real generals and admirals within the system,” he said. The event seemed to be calculated to appeal to Trump—his sense of showmanship and grandiosity—and he was visibly delighted. But Trump’s love affair with “my generals” was brief, and in a statement for this article the former President confirmed how much he had soured on them over time. “Portugal was a dictatorship—and parades were about showing the people who had the guns. “So, what do you think of the parade?” Trump asked Selva. Instead of telling Trump what he wanted to hear, Selva was forthright. Struggling to dissuade Trump, officials pointed out that the parade would cost millions of dollars and tear up the streets of the capital.

Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had ...

The Justice Department has been investigating the presence of classified records inside 15 boxes that were retrieved from Mar-a-Lago by the National Archives and Records Administration earlier this year. The action, which the FBI and Justice Department did not immediately confirm, marks a dramatic escalation in law enforcement scrutiny of Trump and comes as he has been laying the groundwork to make another bid for president. Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe.

Trump said in a statement released to reporters and posted online that his "beautiful home" was "under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI ...

The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee at that time announced it was expanding an investigation into Trump’s actions and asked the Archives to turn over additional information. Another statute makes it a crime to mishandle classified records either intentionally or in a grossly negligent manner. The New York Times, citing unnamed sources close to the investigation, reported the FBI’s search was focused on materials Trump allegedly took with him to Florida after the end of his presidency, including classified documents. And a district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia is investigating whether Trump and his close associates sought to interfere in that state’s election, which was won by Biden. His conduct in the aftermath of the election has also been a primary focus of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Trump said in a statement released to reporters and posted on his Truth Social social media platform that his “beautiful home” was “under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”

In a statement, the ex-president described the incident as 'an unannounced raid' and did not specify what was taken.

“Because Nara identified classified information in the boxes,” the chief archivist David Ferriero said in a letter to Congress at the time, “Nara staff has been in communication with the Department of Justice.” By the time Trump issued the statement, suggesting the raid was ongoing, the FBI had already left the property. The Justice Department has been quietly examining the prospect of opening a criminal investigation into the matter of Trump’s removal of documents since at least April, according to a source with knowledge of the inquiry.

Images published ahead of new book on 45th presidency offer possible evidence of violations of Presidential Records Act.

Trump, described by Axios as “a notorious destroyer of Oval Office documents”, was the alleged flusher. Most words are illegible, but one name that is clearly visible is that of the New York Republican congresswoman and potential 2024 running mate Elise Stefanik. “You have to be pretty desperate to sell books if pictures of paper in a toilet bowl is part of your promotional plan,” a Trump spokesperson, Taylor Budowich, told Axios in advance of Monday’s report.

The latest example of the former president seeing himself as a dictator comes in a shocking excerpt from The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021.

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Former U.S. president Donald Trump says his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., has been raided by FBI agents.

All this comes as a congressional panel continues to probe the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Its vice-chair, Liz Cheney, has said the committee could make multiple referrals to the Justice Department seeking criminal However, the Justice Department has launched a preliminary investigation into Trump's removal of records to the Florida estate, a source familiar with the matter told The Associated Press in April. Though Trump released a statement Monday saying agents were searching his Mar-a-Lago estate, a U.S. Justice Department spokesperson said they had no comment when asked if Attorney General Merrick Garland had authorized the search.

Justice Department is investigating the discovery of classified information in boxes of records that were taken to the former president's Florida residence ...

Mr. Trump lambasted that decision and then stepped up its criticism of the FBI as agents began investigating whether his campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the 2016 election. The probe is hardly the only legal headache confronting Mr. Trump. A separate investigation related to efforts by Mr. Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election – which led to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol – has also been intensifying in Washington. During the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Trump sought to exploit an FBI investigation into his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, over whether she mishandled classified information through a private e-mail server she used as Secretary of State. Then-FBI Director James Comey concluded that Ms. Clinton had sent and received classified information but the FBI did not recommend criminal charges because it determined that Ms. Clinton had not intended to break the law. And a district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, is investigating whether Mr. Trump and his close associates sought to interfere in that state’s election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden. Mr. Trump and his allies immediately sought to cast the search as part of a Democratic-driven effort to keep him from winning another term in 2024, even though the Biden White House said it had no prior knowledge of it and the current FBI director, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Mr. Trump five years ago and served as a high-ranking official in a Republican-led Justice Department. But in a social media post Monday night, he was much more unguarded, calling the search a “weaponization of the Justice System, and attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024.” In his first public remarks since news of the search surfaced, Mr. Trump made no mention of it Monday evening during a tele-town hall on behalf of Leora Levy, the Connecticut Republican he has endorsed in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary to pick a general election opponent against Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Mr. Trump gave his public backing to Ms. Levy late last week, calling her on Monday the best pick “to replace Connecticut’s joke of a senator.” Mr. Trump did not elaborate on the basis for the search, but the Justice Department has been investigating the potential mishandling of classified information after the National Archives and Records Administration said it had retrieved from Mar-a-Lago 15 boxes of records containing classified information earlier this year. The National Archives referred the matter to the Justice Department. Mr. Trump has previously maintained that presidential records were turned over “in an ordinary and routine process.” The search, which the FBI and Justice Department did not immediately confirm, marks a dramatic escalation in law enforcement scrutiny of Mr. Trump and comes amid a separate but intensifying probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Monday. Mr. Trump disclosed the action in a lengthy statement, asserting that agents had broken into his safe in a search he decried as evidence of “dark times for our nation.” Two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the search happened earlier Monday and confirmed that agents were also looking to see if Trump had additional presidential records or any classified documents at the estate.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents ...

A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. A trunk with its lid left open. 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 4 hr ago 4 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago Trump lambasted that decision and then stepped up its criticism of the FBI as agents began investigating whether his campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the 2016 election.

Oh, and also: the fact that he reportedly demanded his military leaders act like he was Adolf Hitler and they were German generals during World War II. That's ...

(The remark reportedly came amidst a history lesson in which Kelly “reminded the president which countries were on which side during the conflict” and “connected the dots from the first world war to the second world war and all of Hitler’s atrocities.” A Trump spokesperson called the report “totally false.”) Despite being told by his chief of staff that Trump was wrong, and Hitler did not, in fact, do “a lot of good things,” the president was apparently “undeterred” in his assessment, leading Kelly to be forced to tell him, “you cannot ever say anything supportive of Adolf Hitler. You just can’t.” (According to a 1990 Vanity Fair profile by Marie Brenner, Trump kept a book of Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet next to his bed.) Kelly told Trump that there were no such American generals, but the president was determined to test the proposition.” Last year, journalist Michael Bender reported that Trump told Kelly, during a trip to France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, that “Hitler did a lot of good things,” and shouldn’t be judged by that one genocide. “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” he insisted to Kelly. “In his version of history,” the authors write, “the generals of the Third Reich had been completely subservient to Hitler; this was the model he wanted for his military. They just said, ’Ja, führer; danke, führer,’ and that’s what I want from my guys.” But it’s important to remember that he lies about everything all the time. That’s right: In an excerpt from The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021, by veteran reporters Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, published on Monday by The New Yorker, we learn that the 45th president wished his generals would emulate top Nazi officials.

Trump annonce que sa résidence de Mar-a-Lago en Floride a été «perquisitionnée» par la police fédérale.

Mais, selon des médias américains, l’intervention relève d’une enquête sur la mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago. Ce jour-là, des centaines de ses partisans avaient semé la violence et le chaos à l’intérieur du siège du Congrès, retardant la certification de la victoire de Joe Biden à la présidentielle. Contacté par l’AFP, le FBI, qui n’a pas encore confirmé la perquisition, n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaire.

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, on August 6, 2022. (CNN) ...

But, Monday's FBI activity suggests that Trump's legal problems are likely to get worse before they get better. "Three former White House officials told CNN they saw Trump, on numerous occasions, manually destroy papers he was no longer interested in or had finished reviewing -- a practice that made it difficult for White House staff secretaries to preserve presidential records. Over the weekend, he convincingly won a straw poll Boxes of items were taken during the search, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. Agents appear to be focused on the area of the sprawling estate where Trump's living quarters and offices are located. (Worth noting: Trump is not a lawyer.)

L'ancien président américain Donald Trump confirme que sa résidence de Mar-a-Lago en Floride a été perquisitionnée par le FBI.

Ce jour-là, des centaines de ses partisans avaient semé la violence et le chaos à l'intérieur du siège du Congrès, retardant la certification de la victoire de Joe Biden à la présidentielle. Le personnel de la Maison-Blanche découvrait aussi régulièrement des liasses de papiers bouchant les toilettes, et soupçonnait le président de vouloir se débarrasser de documents, selon un livre à paraître d'une journaliste vedette du New York Times. La façon dont le milliardaire gérait ses documents officiels lorsqu'il se trouvait à la Maison-Blanche est au coeur de plusieurs investigations.

The FBI searched former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White ...

1 hr ago Trump lambasted that decision and then stepped up his criticism of the FBI as agents began investigating whether his campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the 2016 election. That Trump would become entangled in a probe into the handling of classified information is all the more striking given how he tried during the 2016 presidential election to exploit an FBI investigation into his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, over whether she mishandled classified information via a private email server she used as secretary of state. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, said in a statement on Twitter that it was "an escalation in the weaponization" of U.S. government agencies. "My father always kept press clippings," Eric Trump said. Trump has previously maintained that presidential records were turned over "in an ordinary and routine process." Agents were also looking to see if Trump had additional presidential records or any classified documents at the estate. There are multiple federal laws governing the handling of classified records and sensitive government documents, including statutes that make it a crime to remove such material and retain it at an unauthorized location. The National Archives said Trump should have turned over that material upon leaving office, and it asked the Justice Department to investigate. "These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents," Trump wrote. Familiar battle lines, forged during a a four-year presidency shadowed by FBI and congressional investigations, quickly took shape again Monday night. The search intensifies the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in more than a dozen boxes located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended former President Donald Trump after the FBI on Monday searched the ex-president's Palm Beach County ...

“DeSantis continues to be the perfect combination of political skill and good fortune.” “The only thing that helps push back against potential criminal liability is a high level political candidacy.” The FBI targeting Mar-a-Lago, dubbed the Winter White House when Trump was in office, shook the political world. We need answers NOW. The FBI must explain what they were doing today & why.” DeSantis even declined to ask Trump for an endorsement ahead of his 2022 re-election bid. Two sources familiar with the search told POLITICO it’s connected to alleged mishandling of classified material.

L'ancien président américain Donald Trump a annoncé lundi que sa célèbre résidence de Floride, Mar-a-Lago, avait été «perquisitionnée» par la police ...

Mais, selon des médias américains, l’intervention relève d’une enquête sur la mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago. Le ministère de la Justice enquête sur cette attaque, mais n’a pour l’heure pas engagé de poursuites contre l’ancien président. Contacté par l’AFP, le FBI, qui n’a pas encore confirmé la perquisition, n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaire.

WASHINGTON — L'ancien président des États-Unis Donald Trump a déclaré lundi dans une longue déclaration que le FBI menait une perquisition dans son domaine ...

La loi fédérale interdit le retrait de documents classifiés vers des emplacements non autorisés, bien qu’il soit possible que M. Trump puisse essayer de faire valoir qu’en tant que président, il était l’autorité ultime en matière de déclassification. Une personne bien au fait de l’affaire, qui a parlé sous couvert d’anonymat pour pouvoir discuter d’une enquête en cours, a déclaré que la perquisition avait eu lieu plus tôt lundi et que les agents cherchaient également à voir si Donald Trump avait des dossiers présidentiels supplémentaires ou des documents classifiés dans sa propriété. Une personne bien au fait du dossier a déclaré que l’action était liée à une enquête visant à savoir si M. Trump avait emporté des dossiers classifiés de son mandat à la Maison-Blanche à sa résidence en Floride.

(Bloomberg) -- Federal investigators raided the Florida residence of Donald Trump on Monday as part of an investigation into whether he took classified ...

The House committee investigating the January 6 riot also declined to comment. It also comes as the Jan. 6 committee, and federal investigators, probe the actions of Trump’s inner circle related to the fatal riot at the Capitol. Trump would have been furious if anyone had sorted through the boxes to remove anything, aides said. Some of those papers were among items boxed up and taken to Mar-a-Lago when he left office. The Archives in January retrieved 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago. Trump turned those documents over only after facing possible legal action over their removal. Neither responded to several messages seeking comment.

L'ancien président américain Donald Trump a déclaré, lundi, que la police fédérale a mené une perquisition à sa résidence de Mar-A-Lago, en Floride.

Dans ces boîtes, des lettres de Barack Obama et du leader nord-coréen Kim Jong Un, une carte des États-Unis qui avait fait l'objet d'échanges houleux avec le service météo américain, mais aussi, selon le Washington Post, plusieurs documents marqués "secret défense". Le milliardaire est lié, de près ou de loin, à plusieurs dossiers judiciaires en cours. Cette annonce n'a pas manqué de provoquer l'indignation dans les rangs républicains. Le chef des conservateurs à la Chambre des représentants, Kevin McCarthy, a ainsi dénoncé une "intolérable instrumentalisation à but politique" du ministère de la Justice, promettant une enquête sur son fonctionnement quand les républicains reviendraient au pouvoir.

Trump, who said on Monday night the FBI was at his home in Mar-a-Lago, faces a string of lawsuits and investigations.

Trump also could be charged with “seditious conspiracy,” a rarely used statute that makes it illegal to overthrow the US government by force. He accused her of lying to drum up sales for a book. The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee at that time said it was expanding an investigation into Trump’s actions and asked the Archives to turn over additional information. Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, agreed to testify in the investigation starting on July 15. The investigation focuses in part on a phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, on January 2, 2021. A congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021, assault by Trump supporters on the US Capitol is working to build a case that he broke the law in trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

L'ancien président américain Donald Trump a annoncé lundi que sa célèbre résidence de Floride, Mar-a-Lago, avait été «perquisitionnée» par la police ...

Mais, selon des médias américains, l’intervention relève d’une enquête sur la mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago. Le ministère de la Justice enquête sur cette attaque, mais n’a pour l’heure pas engagé de poursuites contre l’ancien président. Contacté par l’AFP, le FBI, qui n’a pas encore confirmé la perquisition, n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaire.

The FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida resort is an extraordinary, historic development given that it targeted a former President of the United States and ...

Nearly six months later, the number of sites pushing that same content has exploded, according to a report by NewsGuard. Nearly six months later, the number of sites pushing that same content has exploded, according to a report by NewsGuard. Trump may also have some legal jeopardy in a separate probe in Georgia into attempts by the former President and his aides to overturn Biden's election win in a critical swing state. That said, in order to secure a warrant to search Trump's property, FBI officials would have had to prove to a judge that there was probable cause to believe that a federal crime had been committed and that evidence of such could be obtained at the resort. And the ex-President's history of inciting anger and violence makes this about as sensitive a move as is possible to make. CNN reported that boxes of items were taken by the FBI after the search on Monday. And Trump's attorney, Christina Bobb, said the bureau seized "paper" after what she said was "an unannounced raid." Those implications would only become more critical if it later emerges that the FBI search was not conducted by the book or was not critical to the nation's national security. His statement used the same explosive language and sense of grievance that motivated some of his supporters to violence in Washington on January 6, 2021. The FBI and Justice Department declined to comment on the search. He did not mention that the search was conducted on the basis of a legally authorized warrant. It also comes with the ex-President itching to launch a 2024 campaign rooted in his false claims of electoral fraud, which his authoritarian rhetoric suggests would present a profound challenge to democracy. In the past, political investigations that have threatened Trump have only increased his superpower appeal to supporters.

Des agents du Secret Service bloquent l'entrée de Mar-a-Lago, la résidence de Donald Trump à Palm Beach, en Floride, où le FBI a mené une perquisition lundi.

Aucun membre de la commission du 6-Janvier n’a commenté la perquisition du FBI à Mar-a-Lago. Mais la présidente d’une commission de la Chambre des représentants chargée d’enquêter sur le transfert des boîtes de documents de la Maison-Blanche a appelé le département de la Justice à « enquêter pleinement ». Le département de la Justice n’enquête pas seulement sur la gestion des boîtes de documents transférées par Donald Trump à Mar-a-Lago. Il s’intéresse aussi aux actions de l’ancien président et de son entourage avant et pendant l’attaque du 6 janvier 2021 contre le Capitole des États-Unis. (New York) Donald Trump a au moins raison sur un point. Kevin McCarthy, chef des républicains à la Chambre des représentants, est au nombre des alliés de Donald Trump qui ont contre-attaqué après l’annonce de la perquisition du FBI. Il s’en est pris au procureur général des États-Unis, Merrick Garland, affirmant que le département de la Justice avait atteint « un état de politisation intolérable » sous sa direction et promettant d’enquêter sur sa gestion « quand les républicains auront repris la Chambre ». Selon les médias américains, l’opération s’inscrivait probablement dans l’enquête ouverte le printemps dernier par le département de la Justice sur le transfert par Donald Trump de 15 boîtes de documents et objets de la Maison-Blanche à Mar-a-Lago à l’issue de sa présidence. En plus d’obtenir un mandat de perquisition auprès d’un juge, le FBI a également dû recevoir le feu vert des responsables du département de la Justice avant de mener cette perquisition chez un ancien président.

Donald Trump's team and allies are moving swiftly to draw political benefit from an unannounced search by FBI agents at the former president's Mar-a-Lago ...

The search is the latest development in a months-long investigation into whether the Trump administration mishandled presidential records. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his office also weren’t given a heads up about the search. He eschewed making a media appearance even as Eric Trump took to Fox News, and his daughter-in-law, Lara, did the same. Focus groups of Trump 2020 voters have shown that even they have grown wary of the drama that accompanies his political ventures and are ready to move on. Both the person close to Trump and another individual who is in touch with the former president speculated that he would now expedite his decision to announce a presidential bid. Aides said they were pleased with a statement by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who vowed to take action against the Department of Justice over the FBI’s search. By the end of the night, the RNC had dashed off a fundraising text: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL: UNPRECEDENTED move Biden’s FBI RAIDS Pres. Trump’s home. The person noted papers were seized from the home, where Trump has kept his primary residence and set up his post-presidential office. While Trump’s team was bullish about the political benefits of being targeted by the FBI, the situation comes with clear and obvious downsides. The search would require the signoff of a federal judge or magistrate, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime. And, soon enough, a clear narrative emerged from them: The search represented a deliberate political targeting, one that underscored the Democrat’s perception of Trump as a political threat. The FBI and DOJ have declined to comment on the search.

L'ancien président américain Donald Trump a annoncé lundi que sa célèbre résidence de Floride, Mar-a-Lago, avait été «perquisitionnée» par la police ...

Mais, selon des médias américains, l’intervention relève d’une enquête sur la mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago. Le ministère de la Justice enquête sur cette attaque, mais n’a pour l’heure pas engagé de poursuites contre l’ancien président. Contacté par l’AFP, le FBI, qui n’a pas encore confirmé la perquisition, n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaire.

Photo: Terry Renna Associated Press L'intervention concernerait la potentielle mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago, a ...

Mais, selon des médias américains, l’intervention relève d’une enquête sur la mauvaise gestion de documents classifiés, qui avaient été envoyés à Mar-a-Lago. Le département de la Justice enquête sur cette attaque, mais n’a pour l’heure pas engagé de poursuites contre l’ancien président. L’ex-dirigeant républicain, lié de près ou de loin à plusieurs dossiers judiciaires, n’a pas précisé la raison de cette perquisition.

Donald Trump railed against an FBI operation at his Florida estate on Monday. Trump may lob more objections in the months ahead, with apparent probes ...

The Democrat-led oversight committee in the U.S. House said at that time it was expanding an investigation into Trump's actions and asked the archives to turn over additional information. Trump, as he has done after being acquitted in the Senate following two impeachments, could claim vindication if a prosecution is not successful. "No one at the White House was given a heads-up," she added. Here is a look at some of the probes and lawsuits that Trump faces. The committee cannot charge Trump with federal crimes. Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, agreed to testify in the probe starting on July 15. The investigation focuses in part on a phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, on Jan. 2, 2021. Lawrence Douglas, professor of law at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., told CBC News recently that the committee has brought out "pretty powerful evidence" of "a conspiracy to defraud the United States and ... the corrupt obstruction of an official proceeding." In addition to Trump's efforts to pressure Pence, the committee cited his attempts to convince state election officials, the public and members of Congress that the 2020 election was stolen, even though several allies told him there was no evidence of fraud. Democrats said in a June hearing of the Jan. 6 committee that Trump, a Republican, raised some $250 million US from supporters to advance fraudulent claims in court that he won the election, but steered much of the money elsewhere. In the March 2 filing, the committee said it was likely that Trump and others conspired to defraud the United States. That law criminalizes any effort by two or more people to interfere with governmental functions "by deceit, craft or trickery." A congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol is working to build a case that he broke the law in trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside Mar-a-Lago on Monday evening, waving flags and honking horns in support of former president Donald Trump.

Trump continues to falsely claim that the election was stolen through widespread voting fraud. Sources also confirmed the reason for the search to The Associated Press and Reuters, among other news outlets. Kennon was joined by about 50 other protesters and dozens of vehicles that lined the property. Trump tried to paint the search of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach as a politically motivated move by President Joe Biden’s administration even as the former president plays a key role in Republican primaries ahead of the November midterm elections that will determine control of the U.S. Congress. Pick up arms, people!” Another noted: “I already bought my ammo.” Trump on Tuesday tried to turn the news of the FBI search to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and emails soliciting political donations from his supporters.

Une première étape vers un procès pour les uns, «une persécution politique» pour les autres: la perquisition spectaculaire du domicile de Donald Trump par ...

Est-elle liée à l’enquête sur sa responsabilité dans l’assaut du Capitole? Concerne-t-elle plutôt les soupçons de fraude financière dont la Trump Organization fait l’objet à New York? Les deux hommes ont pris leurs distances depuis que Mike Pence a refusé de s’opposer à la certification de la victoire de Joe Biden à l’élection de 2020, malgré les supplications de Donald Trump, qui prétend que le scrutin lui a été «volé». «Après des années pendant lesquelles il a été constaté que des agents du FBI agissaient sur la base de motivations politiques pendant notre administration, il faut remédier à l’impression de partialité que donne le ministère de la Justice», a critiqué celui qui a durant quatre ans été le vice-président de Donald Trump. Lundi soir, Donald Trump a annoncé dans un communiqué que sa luxueuse maison de Floride avait été «perquisitionnée et occupée par de nombreux agents» de la police fédérale. Contacté par l’AFP, le FBI n’a pas souhaité faire de commentaire. «Le président Biden a été très clair, avant qu’il soit élu, et depuis le début de son mandat, sur le fait que le ministère de la Justice conduit ses enquêtes de façon indépendante. Il croit en l’État de droit», a-t-elle déclaré. Plusieurs d’entre eux agitaient des drapeaux «Biden n’est pas mon président», énième rappel que plus d’un an et demi après la défaite de Donald Trump à l’élection, des dizaines de millions d’Américains restent fermement convaincus que la présidentielle de 2020 lui a été «volée».

Unprecedented search of an ex-president's home for official documents provoked outrage from supporters but proving intent will be key to any charge.

At the start of the meeting, Trump paid a visit and chatted to the investigators but without answering questions. In the end, the DoJ decided not to prosecute Clinton because it found no evidence of intent on her part. According to CNN, the extra boxes had been identified in June when DoJ investigators travelled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with two of Trump’s lawyers to discuss possibly classified material. Several prominent conservatives likened the search to the actions of a tinpot dictator. At the time, father and son were in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where the former president is preparing to be deposed in a civil lawsuit brought by New York state relating to his company’s financial bookkeeping. According to NBC News, they stayed on site most of the day.

Donald Trump, qui clame son innocence dans chacune de ces affaires et prétend faire l'objet d'une chasse aux sorcières, a vivement dénoncé la perquisition de la ...

Est-elle liée à l'enquête sur sa responsabilité dans l'assaut du Capitole? Concerne-t-elle plutôt les soupçons de fraude financière dont la Trump Organization fait l'objet à New York? Sur la chaîne préférée des conservateurs, Fox News, les bandeaux étaient eux aussi très critiques concernant la perquisition: «Les tactiques de plus en plus radicales du ministère de la Justice sont un danger pour la république», «Le FBI de Biden saccage le domicile d'un de ses adversaires potentiels pour l'élection de 2024», était-il écrit. Une première étape vers un procès pour les uns, «une persécution politique» pour les autres: la perquisition spectaculaire du domicile de Donald Trump par le FBI jetait mardi une nouvelle lumière sur les profondes fractures de l'Amérique, à l'heure où l'ancien président flirte ostensiblement avec une nouvelle candidature.