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Ariana Baio
Sep 07, 2022
Trump Search Inventory Reveals New Details From FBI Seizure
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Since the Department of Justice released photos documenting some of their findings from their search of Donald Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago, allies of Trump have tried to come to his defence.
Now, his son Eric Trump is doing the same by using tidiness as an excuse to criticize the FBI.
Last Tuesday, the Department of Justice released a photo showing some files obtained at Donald's home with the words 'secret' and 'top secret' across them- indicating the former President had sensitive documents hidden in his home.
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While appearing on the Fox News' show Hannity, Trump criticized the FBI for spending time 'leaking' information to the press in an attempt to discredit the organization.
"You think my father happen to leave documents all over his office floor?" Trump said. "I can tell you, my father is a very, very neat guy he doesn't leave documents staged all over an office floor."
\u201cEric Trump: My father is a very very neat guy. He doesn\u2019t leave documents staged all over an office floor.\u201d— Acyn (@Acyn) 1662514085
Upon hearing Trump's reasoning for his father's innocence, people pointed out that the Department of Justice may have laid out the documents on the floor to take a photo of them.
\u201cThe FBI placed the evidence on the floor to inventory it. It's unbelievable how dumb maga morons are. You can say anything at all like this bullshit Eric Trump is spewing and they believe it. #MAGAMORONS\u201d— JWParks\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udf0a (@JWParks\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udf0a) 1662516128
Others mocked the former first son for his statement.
\u201cThis is such a batshit response to the FBI raid even for Trump, like no one is mad because his room was messy\n\nAre they trying to make it seem like that's what the FBI is accusing Trump of so it can seem foolish instead of terrifying? What's the angle here?\u201d— Laura Jedeed (@Laura Jedeed) 1662562229
\u201c@Acyn The 'logic' in Eric's 'argument' makes Trump look more guilty, not less.\u201d— Acyn (@Acyn) 1662514085
\u201c@Acyn Why have they latched onto that photo? No one said that's how they found the folders. It's the same with drug busts where the guns, drugs, and money are photographed. Has anyone said the folders/docs were just all over the floor when the FBI executed the search warrant?\u201d— Acyn (@Acyn) 1662514085
Some used old photos of Donald sitting at a messy desk to counter Trump's point.
\u201c@Acyn Uh huh, sure @erictrump. Your dad is a \u201cvery very neat guy\u201d \ud83d\ude02\u201d— Acyn (@Acyn) 1662514085
A federal judge, appointed by Donald, approved the appointment of a special master to review the documents seized from his residence by the FBI
They will examine “the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege".
According to the New York Times, the Department of Justice found "18 documents marked as top secret, 54 marked as secret, 31 marked as confidential and 11,179 government documents or photographs without classification markings."
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