Trump vents fury over revelation DOJ was cleared to use 'deadly force' in Mar-a-Lago raid
New court documents reportedly show FBI agents were authorized to use "deadly force" when they raided Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in the hunt for classified material — and the former president is mad about it.
The unsealed court filing shows how federal agents readied for their their raid of the Palm Beach club and were prepared to possibly engage with Secret Service members should the former president return to the premises.
However, Trump was not present when the warrant was executed back on Aug. 8, 2022.
"WOW," a dismayed Trump posted on TruthSocial. "I just came out of the Biden Witch Hunt Trial in Manhattan, the 'Icebox,' and was shown Reports that Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ, in their Illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago, AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE. NOW WE KNOW, FOR SURE, THAT JOE BIDEN IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
"HE IS MENTALLY UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE — 25TH AMENDMENT!"
Trump had opened up about the document recovery tactics by the FBI in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity in March last year.
"So they go in the rooms at my bedroom, my office; they go into my wife's closet, my son's bedroom," he said.
The unsealed filing details an "operations order" in advance of the 9 a.m. raid created as part of the discovery in the upcoming criminal trial, Newsweek reported.
It contained a "policy statement" that reads: "Law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary."
Trump confirmed in the Hannity interview that he was in New Jersey at the time of the raid.
The document detailed how agents were ordered to sport unmarked polo or collared shirts and were detailed with "standard issue weapons, ammo, handcuffs and medium and large sized bolt cutters."
There was also a paramedic stationed at the 126-room, 17-acre sprawling estate should anybody be "injured."
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Among the items seized include 18 documents marked as top secret, 54 marked as secret, 31 marked as confidential, and 11,179 government documents or photographs that lack classification designation.
The news comes as it was reported Trump was holding on to even more classified documents at the Florida estate that were not originally discovered by the FBI when it executed a search warrant, according to the recently unsealed 87-page court document.
The former president is facing criminal charges for hoarding the sensitive documents and obstructing the government's effort to recover them. That case has yet to be calendared in the Florida federal courtroom presided over by Judge Aileen Cannon.
Trump along with two co-defendants — his valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — all pleaded not guilty to charges.