The raid on former US President Trump is a political earthquake. More and more details are becoming known. According to the "New York Times", a representative of Trump certified in June that all secret documents had been returned - which now turns out to be wrong.
Former US President Donald Trump's team is said to have made false statements about the whereabouts of secret documents in his possession, according to a report. At least one of the Republican's attorneys is said to have signed a statement in June stating that all of the classified material had been returned to the government, the New York Times reported, citing four unnamed individuals. This document is said to have been handed over to the Ministry of Justice.
During a search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the US state of Florida, the federal police then seized several top-secret documents on Monday. In doing so, the ex-president may have broken several laws, including the US espionage law. According to an FBI list, the agents also found Top Secret/SCI documents that can only be viewed in special government facilities.
Trump spoke again on the online network Truth Social, which he co-founded. There the 76-year-old wrote that he had the truth on his side - and if you had the truth on your side, you would ultimately be victorious.
The New York Times quoted a Trump spokesman as saying: "As with every Democrat-sponsored witch hunt, this unprecedented and unnecessary crackdown is being carried out by a media outlet willing to work with suggestive leaks, anonymous sources and no hard facts ."
