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Lindsey Halligan, one of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers, broke her silence on the FBI raid at Trump’s home in Florida.
Halligan said she was notified of the raid around 10 a.m. on Monday. She was the second Trump attorney to arrive on the scene. She said she arrived there around 11 a.m.
She told CBS that Trump was very shocked at the raid because he thought his team was complying with requests from the National Archive.
The search teams finished their work at around 6:30 p.m.
They focused their search on three areas in Trump’s home: a bedroom, a storage area, and an office.
Mediaite reported:
Over the next eight hours, Halligan said 30-40 FBI personnel conducted the search. There were a handful dressed in suits, but most wore t-shirts, cargo pants, masks, and gloves. Halligan estimates 10-15 FBI vehicles went in and out of the property, including a Ryder truck.
Halligan says she and Bobb were barred from going inside the complex, forced to remain outside, between the ballroom and residence, on the grounds of Mar-a-Lago.
According to Halligan, the FBI divided up the search into three areas: a bedroom, a storage area, and an office.
She said she spoke with Trump who expressed shock about the FBI search. He said he thought he’d complied with investigators’ requests.
He told Halligan that the Justice Department has an open line to his attorneys and said that he’s instructed them to turn over responsive documents if they have them.
She said that the former president raised concerns about abuse of power by the Biden administration.
The FI even scoured through Melania Trump’s wardrobe and broke into Donald Trump’s safe, which was empty.
The New York Post learned that the search warrant used by the FBI focused solely on presidential records and evidence of classified information being stored there.
The New York Post reported:
A source close to the former president expressed concern that FBI agents or DOJ lawyers conducting the search could have “planted stuff” because they would not allow Trump’s attorneys inside the 128-room building to observe the operation, which lasted more than nine hours.
It has also been reported that another of Trump’s lawyers granted access into Mar-A-Lago to FBI agents who spent hours looking through the boxes. Trump even stopped by the basement to say hello at one point.
The FBI also didn’t let anyone in the house while they conducted the raid on Monday.
Trump released a statement after the raid:
These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections. Such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries. Sadly, America has now become one of those countries, corrupt at a level not seen before. They even broke into my safe! What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.
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I stood up to America’s bureaucratic corruption, I restored power to the people, and truly delivered for our Country, like we have never seen before. The establishment hated it. Now, as they watch my endorsed candidates win big victories, and see my dominance in all polls, they are trying to stop me, and the Republican Party, once more. The lawlessness, political persecution and Witch Hunt must be exposed and stopped.
I will continue to fight for the Great American People!
It is clear that the powers that be are afraid of Trump running for president in 2024.
