Former USA President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI “raided” his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and even cracked his safe, reporting that the search was linked to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.
“These are dark times for our Nation,” Trump said in a lengthy email statement issued by his Save America political committee. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”
The raid of an ex-President’s home represents a significant escalation in the investigation of the records, which is one of several probes Mr Trump is facing during his time in office and in private business.
Meanwhile, speaking about the incident on GB News’ Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel, Nigel Farage said he was “utterly appalled,” adding that he believes the raid will help Mr Trump if he runs for President in 2024.
“Utterly appalled, shocked,” Nigel said. I know there’s been a witch hunt against Donald Trump ever since he was elected in 2016.
“Russia hoaxes, conspiracy after conspiracy but this is truly astonishing.
“No former President, even people like Nixon who left office in disgrace, no former President has ever been treated like this.
“And it shows me the extent to which they are very, very scared of Donald Trump.
“They’re scared he’s going to come back, his party will storm the mid-terms and he’s coming back to the White House in 2024.”
He added: “And to any fair-minded person, they are going to say ‘how on earth can this be happening in 21st century America? What have we become?’ A banana republic.
“And actually, in terms of the electorate and fair-minded people it will play very heavily in Donald trump’s behaviour.
When asked when he would make a formal announcement about his candidacy at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, Mr Trump said, “It’s certainly not a long period of time, the time is coming.” I believe people will be overjoyed; our country has never been in a position like this; we’ve lost everything.”
President Donald Trump will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in American history, according to 47 percent of Americans in 2021.