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Trump claims the FBI threw documents on the floor - and 'pretended it was him'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 31, 2022
The FBI agents allegedly caused misappropriated paperwork to be thrown on the floor of Mar-a-Lago, according to Donald Trump, who said they were 'probably pretending it was me who did it'. 'Terrible the way the FBI, during the Raid of Mar-a-Lago, threw documents haphazardly all over the floor (perhaps pretending it was me that did it! He said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning that he took pictures of them for the public to see. 'Thought they wanted them kept Secret?Lucky I Declassified!' He continued: On the carpet of a Florida mansion during the August 8 hunt, he was reacting to the bombshell photographs showing papers, with several of them marked as 'top secret.' The photographs were published in a 36-page court filing where officials said they'd found a scheme to stop the investigation into the discovery of government records. The DOJ accused the ex-president's staff of bouncing around and hiding classified information that they had never looked for. Officials said they were "likely concealed and booted" from a padlocked storage room, where Trump's lawyers had said they were all together.

During a Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump arrives at Trump Tower as it becomes clear that FBI searched Melania's wardrobe

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 10, 2022
Donald Trump returned to Trump Tower on Tuesday night, the day after his Florida home was raided. Agents also searched Melania's wardrobe on Tuesday, looking for missing presidential records and documents, according to a tweet. All presidential correspondence and records must be submitted to the National Archives by law, and since February, it has been clear that Trump did not comply. Some records were returned to the National Archives at the start of this year, but not all. On Monday, FBI agents were inside the 128-room Florida home for nine hours, with 30 agents roaming around the entire 3,000-square-foot private quarters. According to The New York Post, the investigators searched the Versailles Room, which Melania Trump renovated two years ago.

According to Trump, Mar-a-Lago employees and attorneys were forbidden from viewing raid agents

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 10, 2022
Donald Trump complained on Wednesday that the FBI barred any of his employees, including lawyers, from the areas where the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home occurred on Monday and cast doubt on whether the agents 'planted' evidence. According to The New York Post, those working for the former president who were at his Florida home during the raid refused to turn off security cameras on the premises despite federal agents' instructions to do so. Trump announced on his alternative social media network on Tuesday evening that he would be deposed in questioning part of the New York attorney general's civil probe into his family's real estate venture on Wednesday.

A padlocked room, torn pages and an FBI raid: A timeline of Trump's trouble with National Archives

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 9, 2022
The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday night, the former president revealed in a tumultuous and lengthy speech. Eric Trump's son Eric Trump told Fox News later that night that the unannounced hunt was related to White House documents obtained by the National Archives. According to him, federal agents "ransacked" his father's office, and the former president accused them of breaking into his safe. However, Trump's problems with the National Archives began before he even left office. DailyMail.com has assembled a timeline of the main events that have occurred in the 11-month hunt for the files that Trump allegedly stole from the White House when he left office. Politico reported in 2018 that aides were coerced to follow the president around to tape back documents he had shredded, a habit the Republican was known for during his time as the president's top priority. And late last year, Trump tried to stifle the dissemination of presidential documents from the National Archives to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attacks. It's not clear what is being investigated, but it's worth noting that there are laws against tampering and destruction of classified presidential records.

At Glastonbury Festival, see Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen Sing's "F*ck You" message

www.popsugar.co.uk, June 27, 2022
Olivia Rodrigo promised that her first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival would be unforgettable when she brought pop star Lily Allen onstage for a duet of Allen's "F*ck You." Rodrigo dedicated the song, which features lyrics such as "look inside your tiny brain" and "Because we're so sick/tired of all the hate you harbor" — to Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh, who all voted to reverse Roe vs. Wade on June 24th. "This will be my first Glastonbury and I'm sharing this stage with Lily, it's the biggest dream come true ever," Rodrigo said. "I'm also deeply sad about what happened in America yesterday."

Phoebe Bridgers Reveals She Had An Abortion While On Tour Just Last Year In the Face Of Shocking Supreme Court Leak, Phoebe Bridgers Reveals She Had An Abortion While On Tour Just over a year ago

perezhilton.com, May 4, 2022
In the aftermath of the leaked Supreme Court draft's decision, Phoebe Bridgers is speaking out about her own abortion experience. You have most likely heard about Justice Samuel Alito's leaked opinion paper arguing that the court would reverse Roe vs. Wade, the historic case that safeguarded abortion rights. The Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of the document in a tweet, but added that "it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issue." Despite the fact that the outcome will not change if they make the final decision in late June or July, Alito, Clarence Thomas, Matthew Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett all supported the argument.