美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周一在佛罗里达州联邦法院提交了一项动议,寻求任命一名特别检察官,审查司法部从他的Mar-a-Lago庄园没收的材料在一次突袭中本月初。
特朗普的动议寻求一项禁令,禁止政府对被扣押的材料进行任何进一步的审查,直到任命一名特别主管,并要求政府提供被扣押物品的“更详细”收据。
该动议进一步要求法官下令司法部归还任何“不在搜查令范围内”的物品。
在提交文件后发布的一份声明中,司法部发言人安东尼·科利说:“8月8日在Mar-a-Lago的搜查令是由联邦法院根据对可能原因的要求而授权的。本部门知道今晚的动议。美国将在法庭上提出回应。”
消息人士告诉ABC新闻,两周前对特朗普棕榈滩住所的搜查与调查特朗普是否不正当地拿走机密文件和其他记录带到了佛罗里达。
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Aug. 6, 2022.
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一月,国家档案馆官员找回了15盒记录去年特朗普离开白宫时,它被不适当地带到了Mar-a-Lago,然后,两个月前,联邦特工访问了Mar-a-Lago,以取回他们认为特朗普未能移交的额外材料。知情人士告诉ABC新闻,在那次访问后不久,特朗普的一名律师签署了一份声明,称Mar-a-Lago的所有机密文件都已移交给联邦调查人员。
但当局认为特朗普继续拥有机密文件,导致8月8日突袭。
Trump files motion for special master to review items seized in Mar-a-Lago raid
Former President Donald Trump filed a motion in federal court in Florida on Monday seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the Justice Department from his Mar-a-Lago estatein a raidearlier this month.
The motion from Trump seeks an injunction that would bar the government from any further review of the seized materials until the appointment of a special master, and also requests a "more detailed" receipt from the government of items that were seized.
The motion further requests an order from the judge to have the Justice Department return any item seized "that was not within the scope of the Search Warrant."
In a statement released after the filing, Justice Department spokesperson Anthony Coley said, "The Aug. 8 search warrant at Mar-a-Lago was authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause. The Department is aware of this evening's motion. The United States will file its response in court."
Sources have told ABC News the search of Trump's Palm Beach home two weeks ago was connected to a probe into whether Trumpimproperly took classified documentsand other records to Florida after leaving the White House.
In January, National Archives officialsretrieved 15 boxes of recordsthat had been improperly taken to Mar-a-Lago when Trump left the White House last year -- then, two months ago, federal agents visited Mar-a-Lago to retrieve additional materials that they believed Trump had failed to turn over. Shortly after that visit, an attorney for Trump signed a statement saying that all classified documents at Mar-a-Lago had been turned over to federal investigators, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
But authorities believed Trump continued to possess classified documents, leading to theAugust 8 raid.