{"id":1596445,"date":"2022-08-09T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T13:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596445"},"modified":"2022-08-09T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T13:34:38","slug":"white-house-says-it-had-no-notice-of-fbi-raid-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-it-had-no-notice-of-fbi-raid-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Says It Had No Notice of FBI Raid on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-says-it-had-no-notice-of-fbi-raid-on-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-white-house\">White House<\/a> is claiming it was not informed ahead of time of the FBI\u2019s raid on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not have notice of the reported action and would refer you to the Justice Department for any additional information,\u201d a White House official told The Epoch Times via email.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department, which the FBI is a part of, has not responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the raid late on Aug. 8, calling it evidence of \u201cprosecutorial misconduct\u201d and a \u201cweaponization of the Justice System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The raid was not announced and was motivated because Democrats do not want Trump to run again for president in 2024, the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump, one of Trump\u2019s sons, said the raid was conducted to see whether his father possessed any documents from his time in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose for the raid, from what they said, was because the National Archives wanted to corroborate whether or not Donald Trump had any documents in his possession,\u201d Eric Trump said on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) said in February that it received boxes of documents from Trump\u2019s resort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidential Records Act mandates that all Presidential records must be properly preserved by each Administration so that a complete set of Presidential records is transferred to the National Archives at the end of the Administration,\u201d\u00a0David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States, said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNARA pursues the return of records whenever we learn that records have been improperly removed or have not been appropriately transferred to official accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Reaction <\/p>\n<p>Some legal experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=4652319&#038;action=edit\">questioned the raid<\/a>, and many Republicans decried the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s raid is outrageous and unjust, but predictable,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is claiming it was not informed ahead of time of the FBI\u2019s raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort. \u201cWe did not have notice of the reported action and would refer you to the Justice Department for any additional information,\u201d a White House official told The Epoch Times via email. 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