Family members of former President Donald Trump took to social media and the airwaves to respond to the news of Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago being “raided” by the FBI, accusing the bureau of being politically motivated.
Lara Trump, wife of Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. took aim at the Department of Justice, which is the parent agency of the FBI, classifying the raid as “weaponizing the justice system” fueled by the Biden administration.
TRUMP SAYS FBI ‘RAIDED’ MAR-A-LARGO
“They are terrified. He’s going to announce any day that he’s running for president in 2024,” Lara Trump told Fox News. “This is a very convenient way to just throw a little more mud on Donald Trump as though they haven’t already done enough.”
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest child of the former president, reacted on Twitter, writing: “Biden’s out of control DOJ is ripping this country apart with how they’re openly targeting their political enemies. This is what you see happen in 3rd World Banana Republics!!!”
Lara Trump said her father-in-law believes the search was pursuant to the presidential records Donald Trump brought back with him to his Florida home after leaving office. The National Archives said 15 boxes obtained from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year included materials marked as classified national security information and notified the Justice Department for further investigation. Under the Presidential Records Act of 1978, presidential administrations are required to preserve certain documents.
“Look, my father-in-law, as anybody knows who’s been around him a lot, loves to save things like newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, photographs, documents that he had every authority … to take from the White House,” Lara Trump said. “He’s been cooperating every single step of the way with the people that have questioned any of this.”
Eric Trump also took to social media after Trump released a statement about the raid, remarking that “we truly live in a third-world country.”
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As many as 30 FBI agents conducted the raid of Donald Trump’s Florida home on Monday, taking boxes of records without reviewing their contents, sources told Fox News.
