On Tuesday, President Trump disclosed that a significant FBI request was denied that security cameras be turned off during the raid on his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago last week.
“In the Raid of Mar-a-Lago, the FBI demanded that all security cameras be turned off. What is that all about? We said no!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, Tuesday.
“There is no way to justify the unannounced RAID of Mar-a-Lago, the home of the 45th President of the United States (who got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country!), by a very large number of gun toting FBI Agents, and the Department of “Justice” but, in the interest of TRANSPARENCY, I call for the immediate release of the completely Unredacted Affidavit pertaining to this horrible and shocking BREAK-IN. Also, the Judge on this case should recuse!” The former President added.
According to Christina Bobb, one of Trump’s attorneys, the cameras at Mar-a-Lago were left on despite numerous requests from FBI investigators.
“I think the folks in New York – President Trump and his family – probably had a better view than I did because they had the CCTV, but they were able to watch I was stuck in the parking lot there to collect paper and answer questions. But they were actually able to see the whole thing so they actually have a better idea of what took place inside,” she said.
Bobb said that the Mar-a-Lago security cameras were only off for a short time. The Trumps were able to see the FBI’s Monday raid as it unfolded.
“So initially, [the agents] said you need to turn off all the cameras and then, of course, the staff complied,’ she noted. ‘Then the lawyers jumped in and said, you actually don’t have to turn them off. So shortly after they turn them back on. So the cameras were only off for a very short period of time.”
“The cameras were only off for a very short period of time.”@christina_bobb, says that while staff initially complied w/ the FBI request to turn off the CCTV cameras in Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s lawyers stepped in and the cameras were turned back on.@RealDrGina #PrimeTime pic.twitter.com/NXxUvtowqm
— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) August 12, 2022
Eric Trump, on the other hand, said that his family had videotapes of the FBI raid at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and that they will “definitely” share the material “at the right time.”
On Monday, Sean Hannity, host of Fox News, questioned Eric Trump, “Will you—you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? Will you, are you allowed to share that with the country? ”
“Absolutely, Sean. At the right time,” Eric Trump retorted, adding that body cameras should be worn by all law enforcement personnel, including FBI agents, in order to increase openness.
An earlier report indicates that the FBI allegedly searched Melania Trump’s clothing in the master bedroom of the 128-room mansion. Eric Trump said, the agents also opened Trump’s safe, which was empty.
If the search warrant, which is scheduled to be revealed on Friday, has restricted limitations, this might be damaging to the FBI.
Furthermore, the FBI’s deception of the personnel regarding the “necessity” of turning off the security cameras further raises questions about the validity of this operation.
No honest person believes the raid on Donald Trump’s home last week was a legitimate act of law enforcement. It wasn’t. Even the Biden administration didn’t bother to pretend otherwise. pic.twitter.com/COee4Wvirr
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 16, 2022
Sources: Westernjournal, Dailymail, Independent
