Trump suggests FBI may have 'planted' evidence during search

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Donald Trump suggested on his social media on Wednesday that the Federal Police (FBI) may have “planted” evidence against him, protesting that no one could approach the raided locations of his Florida home earlier this week.

“The FBI and other federal agents did not let anyone, not even my lawyers, near the areas that were searched and examined during the search at Mar-a-Lago,” the Republican complained on its Truth Social platform. 

“They asked everyone to leave the place, they wanted to be alone, without witnesses to see what they were doing, taking or, what I didn't hope not, “placed”, “he accused, without supporting his remarks. 

“Why did they strongly insist that no one observe them, and get everyone out? “, insisted Donald Trump.

On Monday evening, the federal police carried out a spectacular search of the residence of the billionaire in Florida, provoking a wave of indignation among conservatives. 

< p>Never has a former tenant of the White House been worried by justice in this way.

Does the search by the federal police have to do with the many cards that Donald Trump took with him when he left the White House in January 2021? Is it linked to the investigation into his responsibility in the assault on the Capitol? Is it more about suspicions of financial fraud against the Trump Organization in New York?

Neither the Department of Justice nor the FBI have commented, observing total silence . 

Donald Trump, who ostensibly flirts with a new candidacy in 2024 and maintains his innocence in each of these cases, claims to be the subject of a witch hunt and denounces “political persecution