'Redact this!!!' the 44-year-old businessman captions a photo which exaggeratingly censors his father's private parts in response to heavily-redacted affidavit that explained the raid of Mar-a-Lago.
- Aug 29, 2022
AceShowbiz - Donald Trump Jr. has once again taken his father's side after FBI raided Donald Trump's Florida home. The eldest child of the former president has clapped back at the affidavit used by the U.S. Department of Justice to justify the search on his father's Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month.
Mocking the heavily-redacted affidavit, Trump Jr. posted on his Instagram page a picture of his father on a golf course while exaggeratingly censoring the private parts. "Redact this!!!" he captioned the image featuring a long and girthy black line running through the former president's groin down to his kneecaps.
Trump Jr. also took to Twitter to slam the redacted affidavit. Sharing screenshots of several pages of the affidavit, which were mostly blacked out, he sarcastically wrote on Friday, August 26, "Well this really clears things up."
Meanwhile, Trump himself slammed the affidavit via his Truth Social site. "Affidavit heavily redacted!!!" he wrote. "Nothing mentioned on 'Nuclear,' " he added, apparently referring to a previous report in The Washington Post claiming sensitive files about nuclear weapons were among those being sought.
"A total public relations subterfuge by the FBI & DOJ, or our close working relationship regarding document turnover - WE GAVE THEM MUCH," he fumed. "Judge Bruce Reinhart should NEVER have allowed the Break-In of my home," he said of the judge, who also signed off on the release of the affidavit.
"He recused himself two months ago from one of my cases based on his animosity and hatred of your favorite president, me," the former POTUS said, referring to a case targeting his former presidential rival, Hillary Clinton. "What changed? Why hasn't he recused himself on this case? Obama must be very proud of him right now!"
Trump also posted on the site, "WITCH HUNT!!!"
Despite the complaint from Trump, his son and many conservatives, the document did explain why the raid took place. In the filing, FBI said they had "probable cause to believe" that classified records would be found on the premises.
"The government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records," read part of the affidavit.
It additionally stated, "A preliminary triage of the documents with classification markings revealed the following approximate numbers: 184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as CONFIDENTIAL, 92 documents marked as SECRET, and 25 documents marked as TOP SECRET."
