A slim majority of people in the United States think that the FBI acted honestly when it searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and found hundreds of secret papers.
However, a sizable portion of people believe it to be a component of the ‘witch hunt’ that Trump has been railing against since the Russia investigation. Republicans as a whole also embrace the president’s argument.
The latest Wall Street Journal poll was released following an explosive Justice Department filing in which government lawyers described the vast amount of Top Secret materials that agents eventually acquired after a year of work, despite a letter from a Trump lawyer claiming that a “diligent search” had been made for government records.
Trump may be charged with removing and keeping information that is related to national security, according to several legal experts.
Regarding the August 8 raid on the president’s West Palm Beach private club, there are significant party differences in the poll.
The search “was part of a legitimate and appropriate investigation to investigate if former President Trump was engaged in any wrongdoing,” according to a slim majority of 52% who agree with this statement. This search is basically just another law enforcement activity.
When confronted with the two conflicting claims, 41% of respondents felt it was only “another example of the ongoing witch hunt and harassment the Democrats and Biden administration continue to conduct against former President Trump.”
A “witch hunt” is what 40% of Americans believe the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago to be.
That is very much in keeping with the case Trump is advancing, even as he seems to accept at least some of what the government is attempting to prove: that he had official papers at his club more than a year after leaving office.
Since the search, Trump has constantly attacked the FBI, alleging that it is out to get him.
In response to his own court motion asking for a special master to go through his executive privilege claims, prosecutors on Thursday revealed a photograph of highly confidential papers that FBI agents had acquired for a snapshot. He was furious about this.
Many people believe that when they enter my office, they would find declassified sensitive information or something similar, but I really have confidential documents scattered over my office floor.
On the John Fredericks Radio Show on Thursday morning, Trump made the following statement.
“Like I’m sitting there all day reading these paperwork or someone else would be,” she said.
Because investigators “placed things there in a sloppy way, and then they took a photo and they published it to the public,” Trump branded the DOJ’s action “dishonest.”
Alina Habba, one of Trump’s attorneys, said on Sean Hannity’s Fox show on Wednesday night that the president doesn’t usually have guests in the area where investigators discovered official papers, despite the fact that the office isn’t dirty.
She said to Hannity, “I do have direct experience, as you know, I’m down there regularly.” I’ve never witnessed that. I’ve never witnessed that. His workplace doesn’t look like that.
Anyone who is familiar with President Trump’s office knows that he routinely has visitors, therefore it’s simply a joke.