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Lawyers for President Trump on Monday went to court seeking the appointment of a special master to review the FBI raid – and the property agents took from his Mar-a-Lago home when they invaded it just weeks ago.
The court filings charge that the scheme by the Biden administration, through Attorney General Merrick Garland who approved the raid, “involved political calculations aimed at diminishing the leading voice in the Republican Party, President Trump.”
Fox News explained, “According to the motion filed Monday evening in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Trump and his legal team are seeking an order to appoint a special master to review the records obtained during the search; blocks the further review of seized materials by the government until a special master is appointed; requires the Justice Department to provide a more detailed receipt for property and requires the government to return any item seized that was not within the scope of the search warrant.”
In fact, according to a still-standing court precedent set when Bill Clinton was in the White House, if materials are in the possession of a former president, they are presumed to be his.
Further, that ruling confirmed that presidents can declassify material directly, without following all the procedures others are required to obey. The FBI claimed there was classified material at Mar-a-Lago and Trump said he declassified it all.
Trump’s filing charged the raid on his home was “unprecedented” and “unnecessary.”
So, he said, he is “strongly asserting” his rights including under the Fourth Amendment regarding the “unAmerican Break-In by dozens of FBI agents, and others, of my home…”
In a statement, he said, “They demanded that the security cameras be turned off, a request we rightfully denied.
