In the days since former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home was searched by federal agents last week, he has posted dozens of messages on Truth Social, his social media platform, about the Democrats, the F.B.I. and other perceived foes.
Those statements reflect the strategy Mr. Trump has long used to address controversy, by turns denying any wrongdoing while directing attention elsewhere. Some of the messages also reflect his penchant for false and misleading claims.
Here are some of the false and unsupported statements he has made since the F.B.I.’s search.
Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 8 and 9
After the search becomes public, Trump suggests, without evidence, that Biden played a role.
In the days following the raid, Mr. Trump’s allies focused attention on the F.B.I.’s search warrant for his home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. Those warrants typically remain under seal unless charges are filed, but many of his supporters suggested that the F.B.I. was not releasing it because the search was politically motivated.
“Biden knew all about this,” he wrote on Aug. 9. He provided no evidence.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said President Biden was not given advance notice of the search.
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