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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Trump complains Mar-a-Lago raid was among ‘most egregious assaults on democracy’ in US history

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Following the release of a revealing affidavit suggesting Donald Trump obstructed justice and hoarded sensitive White House documents leading to a federal law enforcement raid at his Mar-a-Lago home, the former president claimed the search was among “the most egregious assaults on democracy” in the history of the US.

“Which, by the way, going to places, in a very bad way, it has never seen before!” he wrote on his Truth Social account on 27 August.

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