Former President Donald Trump said during a Wednesday night appearance on the Fox News show “Hannity” that his will is missing and he thinks the Justice Department has it.
Last month, the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, and confiscated boxes of documents, claiming they should not have been in his possession and included classified material.
The former president denounced the unprecedented raid and said the FBI took a wide range of private papers along with other documents.
On Sunday, Trump made his first trip to Mar-a-Lago since the raid, and he spoke about that with host Sean Hannity in an interview at the Florida estate Wednesday night.
Hannity noted that Trump had lost about 500 pages of documents protected by attorney-client privilege.
“They took a lot. I think they took my will. I found out yesterday,” the former president said. “I said, ‘Where is it?’”
“Am I in it?” Hannity asked as Trump repeated, “I think they took my will.”
“That could cause a lot of problems,” he said, smiling at the Fox News host’s question.
“That could cause a lot of problems if that gets published for people who won’t be so happy, or maybe will be very happy,” Trump said.
The former president said the Justice Department “shopped” until it found someone who would sign the warrant to raid his property.
Trump, who was not at Mar-a-Lago for the raid, said he learned of it when a worker called him.
“I was in New Jersey. I got a call in the morning from somebody that’s here. … ‘Sir, the FBI just came in.’ I said, ‘What? The FBA? Who?’ And they go, ‘The FBI.’ And I said, ‘How many people?’ And he said, ‘Many, many people, sir. Many, many people.”
He said he was told the FBI wanted to do the raid “quietly, silently.”
The former president told Hannity that after he received questions from the media about the raid, he put out a statement announcing it.
“These are dark times for our Nation, as 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 wrote in a statement on Aug. 8.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.”
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 8, 2022
During the “Hannity” interview, Trump said, “I declassified everything.”
That question was debated Tuesday in a hearing by special master Raymond Dearie, who wanted the former president’s attorneys to point to a specific instance or document proving Trump’s claim, according to The New York Times.
Dearie indicated that absent such proof, he would be inclined to agree with the Justice Department on the issue, meaning documents it says were classified will be treated as such.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the conduct of the FBI during the raid.
“Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago. I guess they don’t think there is a Fourth Amendment anymore, and to them, there isn’t,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“In any event, after what they have done, the place will never be the same. It was ‘ransacked,’ and in far different condition than the way I left it. Many Agents — And they didn’t even take off their shoes in my bedroom. Nice!!!”
The Dems are in PANIC MODE with Nov. midterm elections on the line. They see the writing on the wall and are desperate to do everything they can to smear Republicans! That being said, the only way to remove the cancer that is killing this country is to impose term limits ASAP. It would be hard for two term Senators and Congressmen and women, to get in the hip pocket of Big Pharma, Banks and other large businesses who buy their ethics and cooperation with large campaign donations. Quit treating these “public servants” like they are above us. Let them collect social security like regular citizens do. Let them use Medicare, and no golden parachute for merely doing a couple of terms. You would quickly weed out the dishonest, money grubbing, self serving politicians and get those Americans who would serve honestly and for love of country!
They keep up with this crap,Jan 6 will look like a children’s tea party.Keep poking the the dog you Gestapo SOBs and see what you will have caused. Merrick and Wray should be strung up like Mussolini and his wife.Never have I seen in my 66 years what these SORRY EVIL STOOGES have done to a great man,Donald J Trump!! Piss on all of you!!
The DOJ and FBI are being corrupt with the Trump raid! Christopher Wray should be fired and Merrick Garland as well. This is definitely a “witch hunt” against Trump. Trump should have drained the swamp further!
It’s actually a shame he wasnt there.. then the marines SS and the F%#% Boys Institute could have fought it out
They (the FBI) raided Barton’s room BEFORE they raided Hunter’s. Which one is a criminal?