Trump attacked the Truth Social media platform in response to a Washington Post story published Thursday night. The report explained that when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week, they were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons. Mr. Trump compared the report to the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. “The nuclear weapons issue is a hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a hoax, two impeachments were a hoax, the Mueller investigation was a hoax and more,” he said. “The same lazy people are involved.” Mr. Trump asked why the FBI would not allow an inspection of Mar-a-Lago with his lawyers present. “I made them wait outside in the heat, I wouldn’t even let them say ‘ABSOLUTELY NOT,’” he said. “Planting info anyone?” The former president said it was reminiscent of the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele. He also turned his attention to his predecessor several times on Friday, questioning whether former President Barack Obama had taken any classified nuclear secrets with him when he left office, Trump claimed in 33 million pages of documents. “President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, many of them classified. How many of those were nuclear? There are many words!” The National Archives was quick to dismiss Mr. Trump’s baseless claims, releasing a statement on Friday that refuted the former president’s claims, noting that he had moved about 30 million pages of documents to Chicago, the site of the future Obama presidential library, but supporting the exclusively. Trump’s words come a day after Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally authorized the search of Trump’s home. Mr. Garland also said the Justice Department had asked the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida to unseal the search warrant. “Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to limit the scope of any search undertaken,” Mr Garland said on Thursday. The FBI search warrant was released Friday afternoon. Although there was no direct reference to nuclear secrets, the boxes contained 11 separate series of classified documents, including documents classified as Top Secret and the “Top Secret/Sensitive Department of Information” series of documents, the latter of which should normally be viewed in a secure facility known as SCIF. Four of the document sets were classified as top secret, three were marked secret and another three were marked confidential, the lowest level of classification in the US system. The FBI conducted a search of Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday, which Trump immediately disavowed. Earlier, some House Republicans were expected to hold a press conference on Friday morning. Amid the emerging details of the Mar-a-Lago investigation, they reportedly canceled their press conference.
