Tuesday 9 August 2022 09:13 PM Roger Stone slams FBI raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort trends now
Roger Stone has slammed the FBI raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, accusing prosecutors of 'utilizing optics and drama' instead of going through legal negotiations to obtain missing files.
Federal agents stormed Trump's Palm Beach property Monday in an unannounced search related to White House records linked to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot sought by the National Archives.
Stone, a longtime GOP operative and Trump confidante who himself was also at the center of a high-profile raid during the Mueller investigation in 2019, blasted the operation as a dramatic political stunt against the former president.
'I know firsthand the violation that President Trump must feel tonight,' Stone said in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com Monday.
Roger Stone told DailyMail.com he knows 'firsthand' the 'violation that President Trump' must be feeling following the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday
FBI agents with a search warrant raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday morning
'Just as Mueller's prosecutors could have contacted my lawyers so that I could turn myself in voluntarily, they [instead] had 29 heavily armed FBI agents storm my home at 6am with CNN in tow.
'Now they have elected to utilize the optics and drama of a raid on the home of the former president of United States rather than file suit to obtain classified documents they allege he has.'
Stone, 69, said it was his understanding that Trump's attorneys had been in 'active negotiations with the National Archives' over the submission of certain documents.
But according to the political consultant, 'the lawyer handling those negotiations, Boris Epsteyn is an incompetent buffoon and his mishandling of those negotiations led to this raid.'
'What documents are they so anxious to ensure they have control of so they never see the light of day? UFOs? The Kennedy Assassination? Debunking of the Russian collusion hoax?' Stone added.
'How is it that Hillary Clinton uses bleach to destroy a hard drive that includes classified documents but there are no raids on her home for prosecution of her?
In political terms, these heavy-handed tactics are backfiring badly with the voters.
'Many particularly care for President Trump and are outraged are telling me that it's time to clean house.'
Secret Service agents posted outside the gates of Mar-a-Lago during the FBI raid of the property on Monday
Trump took 15 boxes of material with him in January 2021 after he left Washington D.C. The boxes were returned to the National Archives a
