United States: what was the FBI looking for when it searched Donald Trump’s home?

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The FBI raided the home of Donald Trump on Monday August 8. Unheard of for a former President of the United States. According to the Washington Post, the investigators were looking for documents relating to the nuclear arsenal, but this one denies having them.

Did former President Donald Trump hide top secret documents at his Florida residence? That’s what the Department of Justice is trying to find out. Monday, August 8, his house is searched by several FBI agents. According to the Washington Post, they would be looking for sensitive documents, classified defense secrets, which could relate to nuclear weapons.

But Donald Trump denies. “Nuclear weapons news is a hoax…it’s the same shady people behind it all”he said on social media. Yesterday, Thursday, August 11, exceptionally, the Attorney General decided to reveal part of the search warrant which specifies the reasons for the search and the documents specifically sought. Donald Trump has until 9 p.m. to object to the decision to make the mandate public. For experts, the fact of making it public will put the former president in great difficulty because he can no longer “play the victim card”.

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