WATCH: Melania Trump recalls 'never imagined' Mar-a-Lago raid, says it's a 'warning to all Americans'

Melania Trump shared the disturbing experience after the FBI went through her personal belongings and said freedom and privacy should be respected
PUBLISHED SEP 14, 2024
Melania Trump said the FBI failed to respect her privacy during the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raids (Getty Images)
Melania Trump said the FBI failed to respect her privacy during the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raids (Getty Images)

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Former first lady Melania Trump, in a video posted on social media on Saturday, September 14, warned that American rights and freedoms must be "respected" while recalling her experience of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

The video, which promotes her upcoming memoir 'Melania', features the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution which is set to music and includes images of Donald Trump's Florida estate, as she criticizes the federal agency's raid.

Melania Trump says FBI searched through her personal belongings during Mar-a-Lago raid

Recalling the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid, Melania Trump shared the disturbing experience after the agency went through her personal belongings and stressed freedom and privacy should be respected. 

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. first lady Melania Trump poses for photographs with Conan, the U.
Recalling the 2022 raid, Melania Trump shared the disturbing experience after the agency went through her personal belongings (Getty Images)

“I never imagined my privacy would be invaded by the government here in America,” she said in the video.

“The FBI raided my home in Florida and searched through my personal belongings," she continued.

"This is not just my story, it serves as a warning to all Americans, a reminder that our freedom and rights must be respected," she added.

The video concluded with a glimpse of Melania's forthcoming book, 'Melania', scheduled for release on October 1.

Donald Trump's response to the Mar-a-Lago raid

Mar-a-Lago was raided on August 8, 2022, by the FBI in connection to Donald Trump's classified documents case.

“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said at the time, according to CNN. “They even broke into my safe.”

The former president has repeatedly criticized the raid and also called it “politically motivated.”

PALM BEACH, FL - JANUARY 11:  The Atlantic Ocean is seen adjacent to President Donald Trump's beach
Several classified government documents were retrieved from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

In May, he falsely claimed in a fundraising email, that President Joe Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take me out."

In a post on Truth Social, he claimed Biden had ordered DOJ to use deadly force in their search for classified documents.

The accusations followed after a misreading of an unsealed court filing forced the FBI to come up with a statement.



 

Attorney General Merrick Garland also had to weigh in and call the accusations "false" and "extremely dangerous" in a press conference in May. 

Donald Trump says Melania Trump felt 'very violated' during Mar-a-Lago searches

Agents retrieved more than 100 classified documents and folders in the search. Donald Trump faced 40 charges connected to his purported mishandling of classified records and efforts to hinder the government's retrieval of them.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon in July dismissed the case, ruling Special Counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed. Smith shortly after appealed the ruling. 

Judge Aileen Cannon is overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case (Wikimedia Commons)
US District Judge Aileen Cannon in July dismissed Donald Trump's classified documents case, ruling Special Counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed (Wikimedia Commons)

The ex-president said in late 2022 that Melania felt “very violated” after the FBI executed the search of their home. “She felt very violated. I mean, this is a terrible thing,” he said according to The Hill.

“They go into her closet, they go through her dresses, and who knows what else, and it wasn’t left the way it — they found it," he added.

Internet sympathizes with Melania Trump, calls Joe Biden's prosecution for ordering Trump's 'murder'

Scores of Republican supporters commented in favor of Melania Trump. While some shared sympathy, few suggested prosecution of Joe Biden for ordering Donald Trump's "murder" if elected.

"Our beautiful, elegant First Lady. We need Trump president so we can prosecute who tried to murder him! Prayers always being sent to the Trump family," wrote one on X.

Another wrote, "We stand with you always Melania!"

Amid controversy surrounding Laura Loomer, users could hold back but ask, "Why is Laura Loomer closer to your husband than you are?" asked one in the post comments.

"Melania, you have every right to be angry at what the US government has done to you and your family. God Bless you," wrote one more. 

Another said, "The raid on Mar-A-Lago was a disgusting and abusive overreach of the federal government led by Biden/Harris."



 



 



 



 



 

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