Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 15FBI agents seized three passports of former US President Donald Trump during searches of his estate, including one expired document, Trump himself said in a Truth social media post, calling the incident «theft.» During an FBI raid in Mar-a “Lago they stole three of my passports (one expired) on top of everything else,” he wrote. “This is an attack on a political opponent on a level never seen before in the US,” Trump added. that FBI agents during a search of his estate could plant any evidence. According to the ex-president, agents of the bureau forced people on his estate to turn off surveillance cameras and forbade them to move inside the building. At the same time, Trump himself offered the US Department of Justice assistance as part of an investigation into the search on his estate, but has not yet received a response from the authorities.Trump admitted that the FBI could have planted anything on him during the searchTrump said last week that his Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by FBI agents, not allowing anyone, including lawyers, to be present during the searches. Justice Minister Merrick Garland later said that he personally sanctioned the appeal to the court for a search warrant, this decision was not easy, but it was justified. , from there they also took out about 20 boxes with documentation, photographs and notes. Among the seized papers, there is also a pardon order for former Trump adviser Roger Stone. A court in Florida has issued a search warrant for Trump's estate and an inventory of the seized property. As follows from the documents, the search warrant was approved by the court on the afternoon of August 5, the court allowed the entire territory of the estate to be explored. The court was guided, among other things, by the article of the US code on the «collection, transfer or loss of defense information.» The list of confiscated items includes boxes of documents, notes, photographs, and top secret papers.
