FBI raid ‘attempt to find evidence tying’ Trump to criminal activity on Jan. 6: former attorney general
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey argues the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago was an attempt to uncover evidence that could connect former President Trump to "criminal events" on Jan. 6.
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey criticized the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago as an attempt to take down former President Trump. On "Sunday Morning Futures," Mukasey highlighted the inconsistencies between the messaging from the Department of Justice and FBI and the documents taken during the early morning raid.
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MICHAEL MUKASEY: I think it's an attempt to find evidence tying President Trump to some of the violent events or criminal events that took place on Jan. 6. And I don't know whether that's what they found, but the fact is that of the 45 separate items that they seized, 11 had any classification markings at all, and only one had the top classification marking. And those were all marked as of the date that they left the White House, which was more than a year and a half before this took place. So, we don't know whether they would still be regarded as classified. And all the others, there are absolutely no such markings and there are no such categories. And there are boxes of material, binders, individual documents, 45 separate items that they list on the receipt.
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