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According to a new report from Rolling Stone, Trump has become paranoid about wiretapping.
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Sources close to Trump told Rolling Stone that he has asked if the phones are being tapped “by Biden.”
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Trump was also suspicious of Republicans visiting him at his clubs and using wires.
Even before the The FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago On Monday, former President Donald Trump was becoming paranoid about the possibility that he was being watched by authorities or that people close to him were using wires, according to a new report. Rolling Stone report.
Rolling Stone spoke to four sources familiar with Trump’s behavior. Sources say the former president has asked close aides if they thought he might be under surveillance by authorities.
“He has asked me and others, ‘Do you think our phones are tapped?'” a source told Rolling Stone. “Given the sheer volume of ongoing investigations into the (former) president, I don’t think I’m assuming anything is out of the realm of possibility.”
According to the source, Trump raised the idea of being intercepted as a serious consideration, but also joked that people close to him should “be careful” about what they say over the phone.
Two sources close to Trump also told Rolling Stone that the former president is also suspicious of Republican figures who come to see him at his clubs, wondering if they might be “wearing a microphone.” These sources also told Rolling Stone that Trump and his advisers are looking for a “mole” or “rat” who might be working with law enforcement against Trump.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, another Trump adviser said members of the MAGA wing have been trying to reach out to Trump and warn him not to trust certain people close to him: “To be honest, a lot of it feels like people are trying to ruin the ones they don’t like.”
For his part, Trump has lashed out at the search, highlighting how agents “broke into” his safe.
The FBI has not given a reason for the raid. But numerous media outlets, as well as Eric Trump in a Fox News interview, suggested that it was material the former president brought to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House.
In February, the National Archives recovered 15 boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago. Also asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Trump broke the law bringing official documents to your residence in Florida. the Wall Street Journal Y news week also reported this week that an informant close to Trump may have tipped off investigators and pointed to where they might find documents the Archives didn’t obtain in February.
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