Trump denies reports of classified nuclear documents at Mar-a-Lago

 
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Former President Donald Trump on Friday denied reports that he was in possession of classified documents relating to nuclear weapons that FBI agents reportedly sought when they searched his Florida residence earlier this week.
 
“Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more. Same sleazy people involved,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, tying his latest exchange with law enforcement to longstanding and oft-repeated grievances.
 
Trump’s pushback comes in response to a Washington Post article which cited unnamed “people familiar with the investigation” to report that FBI agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday to look for nuclear documents that he could have taken from the White House. The Post reported that it remained unclear whether these types of documents were recovered in the search of Trump’s home, or whether the documents the FBI was searching for were related to the United States or another country.
 
Trump on Friday also echoed baseless assertions from Republicans in the days following the search that the FBI is biased against him and may have planted evidence as they searched Mar-a-Lago.
 
“Why wouldn’t the FBI allow the inspection of areas at Mar-a-Lago with our lawyer’s, or others, present,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Made them wait outside in the heat, wouldn’t let them get even close - said ‘ABSOLUTELY NOT.’ Planting information anyone? Reminds me of a Christofer [sic] Steele Dossier!”
 
Trump’s comments also come amid a wrangling between Trump and the Justice Department in the days following the search — in which the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of White House records. Trump was not present at the search, which resulted in the seizure of paper records just a few months after the National Archives and Records Administration had confirmed it recovered 15 boxes of presidential records at Mar-a-Lago.
 
Source: Politico