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Trump calls FBI search of Mar-a-Lago a ‘travesty of justice’

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, September 3 [Mary Altaffer/ AP]

Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the FBI’s raid on his Florida home as a “travesty of justice” as he made his first public appearance since the August 8 search.

Addressing supporters at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Trump said the raid was an “egregious abuse of the law” that was going to produce “a backlash the likes of which nobody has ever seen”.

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