FBI-Seized Materials Should Get Independent Investiagtion – Trump

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Controverisal Former president of the United States, Donald Trump has finally filed a damning lawsuit where he had urged a United States court to make sure it names an independent party who would be able to screen some of the files that the FBI seized from his Florida home for materials which are protected by personal privilege.

While making claims in a court filing that he had always been targeted for political reasons, Trump had demanded that a “special master” would be hired and named to review the more than two dozen boxes of files which had been taken in the unprecedented August 8 raid.

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The special master — who would not act at the direction of the Justice Department, which ordered the raid would also be inc charge of getting to evaluate the documents and determine which ones Trump could retain as “privileged,” or protected from use in investigations.

“The Mar-a-Lago break-in, search and seizure was illegal and unconstitutional, and we are taking all actions necessary to get the documents back,” Trump said in a statement.

“They took documents covered by attorney-client and executive privilege,” he added.

The FBI warrant had also indicated that Trump was suspected of illegally taking some highly classified documents and official records of his administration from the White House that he did not have the right to possess and had refused to turn over to the United States authority.

Besides potentially violating laws governing highly sensitive records, the department indicated the materials were also important in unspecified ongoing federal investigations. Investigations that could involve the former president include the broad probe into the January 6, 2021 attack on Congress by Trump supporters, and an overlapping investigation into efforts by his backers to tamper with the 2020 presidential election.

 

Africa Daily News, New York

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