WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) – According to the White House, US President Joe Biden has not announced the search of his predecessor’s property in advance donald trump in the know. “The President was not briefed and knew nothing about it. (…) No one in the White House was forewarned,” said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday. One learned about the search and the public from reports. The Department of Justice is independent and conducts investigations accordingly. “It would not be appropriate for us to comment on ongoing investigations,” continued Jean-Pierre.
The FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday. According to initial findings, the background to the action was the search for government documents. At the beginning of the year, it became known that the National Archives, which is responsible for storing presidential correspondence, suspected 15 boxes containing confidential material, among other things, in Trump’s private club. Trump then handed over several documents to the authority./nau/DP/he