Lara Trump says former president 'as shocked as anybody' by FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago

On Tucker Carlson Tonight Monday, with guest host Will Cain, former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara appeared and spoke about the FBI raid at the former president’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The raid was reportedly in search of classified documents that were taken when leaving office.

“Have you spoken to the former president?” Cain asked. “How is he doing? What is the attitude of the family?” “I have spoken to my father-in-law,” Trump answered, “and I gotta tell you, you know, he’s as shocked as anybody.”

In February, the National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of materials from Mar-a-Lago, but there were still documents missing, despite Mrs. Trump’s claim of cooperation.

“The bottom line here is that these documents that have been in question have been — everybody’s been cooperating,” Trump said. “Everybody from my father-in-law’s team has been cooperating with the FBI, with any authority that asks for anything up until now.”

Mrs. Trump also incorrectly stated that the former president had the authority to take the documents, when in doing so he violated the Presidential Records Act.

“My father-in-law, as anybody knows who’s been around him a lot, loves to save things like newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, photographs, documents that he had every authority, Will, to take from the White House,”Trump said. “And again, he’s been cooperating every single step of the way.”

Video Transcript

WILL CAIN: Have you spoken to the former president? How is he doing? What is the attitude of the family?

LARA TRUMP: I have spoken to my father-in-law, and I got to tell you, you know, he's as shocked as anybody.

KYLIE MAR: On "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday with guest host Will Cain, former President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump spoke about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago earlier in the day reportedly in search of highly classified documents. The National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago in February, but that wasn't all of them despite Laura's claim of cooperation.

LARA TRUMP: The bottom line here is that these documents that have been in question have been-- everybody's been cooperating. Everybody from my father-in-law's team has been cooperating with the FBI, with any authority that asked for anything up until now.

KYLIE MAR: Mrs. Trump went on to incorrectly state that the former president had the authority to take the classified documents to his home in Florida. In doing so, Trump violated the Presidential Records Act passed in response to the Nixon scandal.

LARA TRUMP: My father-in-law, as anybody knows who's been around him a lot, loves to save things like newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, photographs, documents that he had every authority, Will, to take from the White House. And you know, again, he's been cooperating every single step of the way.

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