WATCH: Trump touts 'free publicity' FBI and DOJ have given Mar-a-Lago | Washington Examiner

2022-10-09 05:56:47 By : Ms. Cindy Kong

F ormer President Donald Trump touted the “free publicity” his Mar-a-Lago estate received amid the Justice Department’s investigation into documents obtained during the FBI raid of his Florida home.

"Has anyone heard about the document hoax? Helicopters flying over Mar-a-Lago," Trump said while speaking at the National Hispanic Leadership Conference on Wednesday. "Well, they've given us about $5 billion worth of free publicity, I will say."

"People said, 'That's a nice house.' If it weren't so nice they probably wouldn't be doing it because it gets ratings,” Trump added.

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Trump’s remarks came after an appeals court granted the DOJ’s request to expedite its appeal of the special master’s appointment who is set to examine documents obtained in the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago.

Trump and his legal team have maintained that he is being unfairly targeted.

"Everyone knows we've done nothing wrong," Trump said. "They are targeting me because they want to silence me, silence you, and silence our amazing movement. There's never been a movement like this in the history of our country."

Trump attorney Alina Habba has likened the legal battle to tennis.

“It’s all a bunch of junk. It’s as if you’re playing tennis and you have a machine that’s just throwing tennis balls at you and you just keep getting them left and right,” Habba told Newsmax, noting that no one litigation issue is more pressing.

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“It’s one political attack after another,” Habba added. “That’s the way we kind of look at this, and it’s just getting through them, and he is incredibly resilient. So, I’m not concerned.”