The legal team of former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent further analysis of evidence seized at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, during a raid unprecedented in US history.
He requested before a Florida court the appointment of an independent third party (neutral agent) to supervise the handling of the documents that were seized from him, as well as the return of what was not included in the court order.
Trump described the raid as unnecessary, unjustified and un-American, and assured that all the documents he took from the White House to his residence had been previously declassified.
The search warrant released showed that Trump took classified material from the White House to his residence. He also pointed out the crimes he may be committing: violation of the Espionage Law, obstruction of Justice and destruction of documents.
Former President Trump (2017-2021) complained that the agents demanded that the security cameras be turned off, a request they legitimately denied, and that they prevented his lawyers from observing what they were taking.
The Republican denounced that they took documents that are protected by the attorney-client privilege, passports and that they also opened his safe.
He explained that the motion presented seeks that the Department of Justice “immediately stop the review of the documents illegally seized from my house and that a special teacher supervise the handling of the seized material.”
Meanwhile, the federal judge deciding whether to disclose the reasons why the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago reiterated Monday that he is interested in publishing them but has not yet decided to do so.
In a document published this Monday, Judge Bruce Reinhart explained that he will wait for the text that ordered the Prosecutor’s Office to deliver before next Thursday, hiding the most sensitive data that may affect the investigation.
Reinhart, who at the hearing last Thursday, in West Palm Beach, was inclined to publish the affidavit with sensitive parts hidden, said Monday that he will analyze the fact because it could result in the text being meaningless to the media that have requested its disclosure.