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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Trump lawyers ordered to say whether they believe FBI planted evidence

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The Brooklyn federal judge in charge of reviewing the 11,000 documents which the FBI seized from former president Donald Trump’s home during an 8 August search has ordered the ex-president’s legal team to say whether they believe agents planted evidence to incriminate the former president.

Since announcing that his home and office at Mar-a-Lago — the Palm Beach, Florida mansion turned private club where he maintains his primary residence — was searched by FBI agents, Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested that federal investigators would go so far as to fabricate evidence to make it appear as if he has committed crimes.

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