'End these third world witch hunts': Trump blasts FBI for rummaging through son Barron's 'private quarters' during 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Former President Donald Trump criticized the FBI for searching his son Barron's 'private quarters' during the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid and suggested that federal agents sought a confrontation with his Secret Service detail.
The former president criticized federal agents for searching his Florida estate, and his youngest son Barron's belongings, for classified materials taken from the White House and stored at Mar-a-Lago after his term in office had ended.
Donald Trump demands to 'Make America Great Again'
In a late-night post, Trump discussed receiving Secret Service protection following his significant 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton and wrote, "I have gotten to know so many amazing United States Secret Service Agents - It has been my honour to have them protecting me and my family since our historic 2016 Victory against 'Beautiful' Hillary Clinton," according to Daily Mail.
"Shockingly, however, Crooked Joe Biden's Department of Injustice authorized the use of "deadly force" in their Illegal, UnConstitutional, and Un-American RAID of Mar-a-Lago, and that would include against our Great Secret Service, who they thought might be "in the line of fire,"' Trump claimed.
"As I told Crooked Joe's DOJ, if they needed anything, "all they had to do was ask,"' the ex-president continued. "They did not have to ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RAID my home, and rummage through my family's, including Barron's, private quarters."
He concluded the Truth post with an all-caps statement, "END THESE THIRD WORLD WITCH HUNTS, AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Merrick Garland labels assassination claims against Donald Trump as 'false'
Trump also made claims in a post on Truth Social early Thursday, May 23, that President Joe Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take me out."
This conspiracy theory originated from wording in a document that detailed the legal scope of the FBI's search for classified materials reportedly removed from the White House and stored at Trump's Florida property and club.
During a press conference on an unrelated issue, Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed questions regarding claims of an assassination attempt against Trump.
"That allegation is false," Garland said. "And it is extremely dangerous."
"The document that is being referred to in the allegation is the Justice Department's standard policy limiting the use of force," the Biden appointee continued. "As the FBI advises, it is part of a standard operations plan for searches and, in fact, it was even used in the consensual search of President Biden's home."
Trump's outlandish assassination allegation coincided with the week Judge Aileen Cannon reconvened the attorneys in the former president's classified documents case, following an indefinite trial postponement.
In a Wednesday, May 22 court session, Cannon reprimanded prosecutor David Harbach, who is part of special counsel Jack Smith's team.
"I'm going to have to ask that you calm down," Cannon, a Trump appointee, told Harbach, according to Politico.
David Harbach dismisses Stanley Woodward's argument as baseless
Cannon inquired of Harbach whether the prosecutors had concealed evidence from an August 2022 meeting involving defense attorney Stanley Woodward, who represents Trump aide Walt Nauta, accused of hindering the government's investigation into classified documents.
While representing Nauta, Woodward was considered for a judicial appointment by President Joe Biden. Woodward claims that in an August 2022 meeting, prosecutor Jay Bratt suggested Woodward's appointment depended on Nauta's cooperation in the Trump classified documents case.
In court, Harbach dismissed Woodward's mention of the meeting as a baseless argument to dismiss charges against his client Nauta. The prosecutor labeled Woodward's account of the meeting as fictitious, according to Politico.
Judge Cannon has yet to rule on any prosecutorial misconduct in Nauta's case or on the dismissal of other charges due to technicalities.
