{"id":1602891,"date":"2022-08-12T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602891"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:08:21","slug":"trump-scoffs-at-hoax-report-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-sought-nuclear-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-scoffs-at-hoax-report-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-sought-nuclear-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Scoffs At \u2018Hoax\u2019 Report FBI\u2019s Mar-A-Lago Raid Sought Nuclear Docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-scoffs-at-hoax-report-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-sought-nuclear-docs%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=1602891&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>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a> dismissed as a \u201choax\u201d a report that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> raided his Mar-a-Lago mansion in a hunt for documents containing nuclear weapons secrets.<\/p>\n<p>The bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-to-search-for-top-secret-documents-on-nuclear-weapons-report-claims\">claim<\/a> was reported by The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, just hours after Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/merrick-garland\">Merrick Garland<\/a> said he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-ag-merrick-garland-admits-he-personally-approved-trump-search-warrant\">personally signed off<\/a> on the search warrant executed Monday at Trump\u2019s Florida home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social Friday morning. \u201cSame sleazy people involved. Why wouldn\u2019t the FBI allow the inspection of areas at Mar-a-Lago with our lawyer\u2019s [sic], or others, present. Made them wait outside in the heat, wouldn\u2019t let them get even close \u2013 said \u201cABSOLUTELY NOT.\u201d Planting information anyone? Reminds me of a Christofer [sic] Steele Dossier!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So now they&#8217;re saying Trump may have had our nation&#8217;s most sensitive nuclear secrets \u2013 but they waited a year and half to go get them?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next \u2013 that he&#8217;s hiding nuclear missiles under his bed?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonicaCrowley\/status\/1557903922387472384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post\u2019s report did not offer details on whether the alleged documents were about U.S. nuclear weapons or those of a foreign nation, and they did not disclose what was recovered during the search.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that is true, it would suggest that material residing unlawfully at Mar-a-Lago may have been classified at the highest classification level,\u201d said David Laufman, the former chief of the Justice Department\u2019s counterintelligence section, which investigates leaks of classified information. \u201cIf the FBI and the Department of Justice believed there were top secret materials still at Mar-a-Lago, that would lend itself to greater \u2018hair-on-fire\u2019 motivation to recover that material as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garland\u00a0said during a press conference Thursday afternoon that he personally approved the search and that the Justice Department was moving to unseal the warrant. However, the probable cause affidavit sworn by DOJ lawyers may not be made public and the warrant itself is likely to contain redactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,\u201d Garland later added. \u201cSecond, the Department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-responds-to-garland-press-conference\">responded<\/a> to Garland\u2019s remarks by saying that the FBI raid was not needed because his legal team had been cooperating with the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump dismissed as a \u201choax\u201d a report that the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago mansion in a hunt for documents containing nuclear weapons secrets. 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