Former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) said on Monday he understood the “enormous anger” in the country over the “witch hunts” taking place, including the search of his home by part of the FBI, although he called for calm.

“The country is in a very dangerous position, there is enormous anger, the likes of which I have never seen before, over all the scams.” “After this year of scams and witch hunts, now this,” Trump told Fox News in a vague interview.

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Trump explained that his legal representatives have reached out to the Justice Department to offer help and that his team “has not yet heard” from the department whether they will accept him.

“If there is anything we can do to help, my people and I would certainly be ready to do it,” he said in this ambiguous interview in which, despite the call for calm, he warned that the American people “will not tolerate another scam”. .”

Released last Friday, the search warrant for Mar-a-lago, Florida, from last Monday reveals that the former president took home classified material, for which he could have violated the Espionage Act, in addition of having obstructed the work of justice.

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Trump is being investigated for the possible commission of three crimes: violation of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and destruction of documents, which, if convicted, could result in fines to prison sentences and disqualify him from holding political office.

For its part, the inventory shows that among the documents seized are 26 boxes each bearing a number, as well as several files of documents and photos bearing the mention “top secret” or “confidential”.

Since the raid became public, Donald Trump has dedicated himself to posting through Truth, his own social network, inflammatory messages about what he considers political persecution, “abuse” and an “attack on democracy”. .

(Read more: FBI searched Trump’s home for classified nuclear weapons documents)

These messages could be linked to the increase in attacks against security forces in recent days, according to the FBI itself.

The investigation into the former US president has further polarized US politics, less than three months from the key midterm elections.

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