Donald Trump is back in the news but it isn’t connected to a prospective presidential run but instead a recent FBI raid of the former president’s Mar-A-Lago residence. Reports are coming forth that the Justice Department was in seek of highly classified nuclear documents, which the business mogul claims are a hoax.
The Washington Post exclusively reported on Thursday (August 11) that the FBI was on the hunt for classified nuclear documents among other items during their raid that took place this past Monday according to sources that shared information with the outlet. As it stands, what seems to be at issue is concerns from investigators that Trump improperly took home the sensitive material after his White House ouster in early 2021 after President Joe Biden was sworn in.
Attorney General Merrick Garland offered in a public statement that he would not discuss details of the raid but did confirm that it was him who sanctioned the decision to ask the courts for a search warrant of the Florida resort.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” said a motion from Justice Department lawyers who filed for the warrant. “That said, the former President should have an opportunity to respond to this Motion and lodge objections, including with regards to any ‘legitimate privacy interests’ or the potential for other ‘injury’ if these materials are made public.”
Via his Truth Social media platform, Trump decried the search as a hoax and agreed with public sentiment that the documents uncovered related to the raid should be made public. With the news of the raid still buzzing online, the word nuclear began trending on Twitter and the comments are rife with criticism towards Trump and his alleged mishandling of top-secret documents that could possibly weaken the security of the nation.
We’ve got some of those replies below.
—
Photo: Getty
1.
BREAKING: Trump took nuclear weapons documents to Mar-a-Lago.
This was not a drill. He did not take a few innocent items for memorabilia. He took the Crown Jewels of classified government documents to his home in Florida.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) August 12, 2022
2.
I'm just trying to wrap my head around what Republicans and Fox News would be saying right now if Barack Obama took nuclear documents from the White House and refused to return them… but I don't think I'm even capable of imagining such a full tilt, manic, raving meltdown.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 12, 2022
3.
Rosenbergs were convicted for giving U.S. nuclear secrets to Moscow, and were executed June 1953: pic.twitter.com/0Ox1JXoNDf
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 12, 2022
4.
What’s scary is that all of this could happen to any of us who stole nuclear documents.
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) August 12, 2022
5.
Listening to Gaslit Nation last night, @sarahkendzior makes a salient point: “If Trump is in possession of nuclear secrets… 18 months is a long time for the DOJ to sit on it”
— Brian J. Crowley (@BrianJCrowley) August 12, 2022
6.
If Donald Trump really kept nuclear secrets in his safe he needs to go straight to prison. Who agrees?
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 12, 2022
7.
Trump’s allies are right to say he has faced differential treatment from the FBI.
He’s been treated better. If you or I were hanging on to classified documents about nuclear weapons, I don’t think the feds would send a subpoena and wait 2 months before knocking on our doors
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 12, 2022
8.
Trump stole nuclear secrets.
That's why the Export Control Section and a Counterintelligence Agent were sent to Mar-a-Lago to seize the documents. It also explains why Wray and Garland agreed to get a warrant. Nothing less.
Trump has a copy of the warrant #ReleaseTheWarrant
— Randi Rhodes (@RandiRhodes) August 9, 2022
9.
“Surely, Donald Trump stealing nuclear secrets will be enough to break away Republicans from him.”
if y’all haven’t learned this lesson now you never will.
The man can eat a live baby on national television and not a single Republican voter would give a shit.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 12, 2022
10.
Y’all acting like you’ve never seen a 76 year-old drug-addicted, twice impeached ex-POTUS insurrectionist steal top secret nuclear docs and keep them at his Palm Beach club where his super venal cocaine-head son had access to them before. Hunter who? Kiss my ass, MAGA. @GOP
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) August 12, 2022
The post FBI Search Of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Home Reportedly Connected To Nuclear Documents appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.