Ex-president calls FBI raid probe a ‘misguided storage dispute that has spiraled out of control’
- Former President Donald Trump was photographed golfing with a large entourage on Monday morning
- He appeared to be enjoying himself while four of his lawyers responded to the Justice Department’s rebuttal to Trump’s request for a special master to look through everything seized from Mar-a-Lago
- Trump raised a firestorm of speculation on Sunday night when he arrived in the Washington, DC area with no reason given for his trip, while he was seen exiting his plane in golf shoes and a polo around 6:30pm
- US District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Department of Justice last week to pause its probe until a special master could be found to review documents for possible privilege claims
- FBI agents raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida early last month and retrieved classified documents
- A Friday court filing indicated that DOJ and Trump have differing views on who should be a special master
- Federal prosecutors said keeping the stay on their probe in place could threaten national security
- Multiple former government lawyers have speculated that Trump could see an imminent indictment
Donald Trump was spotted looking at ease on his Washington, DC area golf course on Monday as his lawyers continue waging a legal battle against the Department of Justice (DOJ) over his handling of classified records after leaving the White House.
The former president led a procession of golf carts at his Loudoun County, Virginia property on the cloudy Monday morning after setting off a firestorm of speculation about his unannounced arrival to the area on Sunday night.
It prompted some to speculate that Trump was facing a criminal indictment.
But the gossip fizzled out when he was pictured smiling with a large entourage while behind the wheel of his golf cart.
Eric Trump, the youngest child from his first marriage, was in the passenger side.
Trump posted on his Truth Social app late on Monday morning, ‘Working today at @TrumpWashingtonDC on the Potomac River. What an incredible place!’
His legal team blasted the DOJ earlier on Monday in a new court filing rebutting federal prosecutors’ appeal to stop the appointment of a special master to review documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago.
In the 21-page court rebuttal, he dismissed the investigation as a ‘misguided storage dispute’ while appearing vague on the nature of whether documents in his possession were classified.
