The documents were taken in the raid at Mar-a-Lago.
He appeared to think that the request had legal force.
Some of the documents may be privileged, according to a Fox story.
Donald Trump demanded that the FBI return documents taken from him via a Truth Social post.
On Sunday, the former president made a request. It sounded like Trump expected it to be legal.
It's great! The man wrote. The FBI took boxes of privileged 'attorney-client' material and also 'executive' privileged material, which they should not have taken. I respectfully request that the documents be returned to where they were taken. I would like to thank you.
Individual posts are referred to as "truths" and the equivalent is to "retruth" a message.
According to Trump, the documents he wants to return are covered by attorney-client privilege and executive privilege from when he was in office. Insider asked Trump and the Department of Justice to comment on the claims, but they didn't.
It's not clear what the nature of the documents are. Five boxes and one more set of documents were identified as having the potential to be protected by Trump. Here, the items are named.
The Department of Justice and Trump's legal team were described in the story.
It's not a valid way to make a legal request if you post on social media.
Insider couldn't locate any public documents that made a formal version of the request. The timid way in which Trump's camp sought the return of some files was described by Fox.
The Department of Justice was asked by Trump's lawyers if the court could appoint an official to review the records. The department said no.
Trump has argued that his possession of the documents was not a problem and that the department should have left them with him.
He said that any classified documents he took with him from the White House were automatically declassified.
Everyone ends up having to bring home their work from time to time according to a statement from his office. American presidents are the same as everyone else.
The fact that Trump stopped being president when he left office on January 20, 2021, was not addressed in the statement.
Jim Himes is a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
Declassification was a lengthy process that Trump couldn't do by himself. According to Tom Dupree, a former Justice Department lawyer, there was a process to be followed, but he didn't know if that happened.
The Espionage Act is one of the statutes that is suspected to have been violated by Trump.
Several far-right members of the GOP have criticized the FBI and called for an investigation.
Business Insider has an article on it.
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