Donald Trump has again claimed the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago.
It's a claim his lawyers have not made in court appearances.
Trump has offered shifting defences in response to the August 8 raid.
Donald Trump has made fresh claims that the FBI planted evidence in the August 8 search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida – an argument notably absent in legal filings by his attorneys.
The former US president repeated the claim in a posting on his Truth Social network Thursday, after the Justice Department demanded that a federal judge reinstate access to hundreds on classified documents the FBI retrieved in its recent search of his Palm Beach residence.
The judge, Aileen Cannon, had on Monday suspended access to the documents until an independent official had reviewed them.
"They leak, lie, plant fake evidence, allow the spying on my campaign, deceive the FISA Court, RAID and Break-Into my home, lose documents, and then they ask me, as the 45th President of the United States, to trust them," wrote Trump.
He also referenced his longstanding, and unfounded, claim that hostile FBI officials had conspired to smear him over his ties to Russia during his presidency.
In an earlier message he praised Cannon, whom he appointed, as "brilliant and courageous."
Trump has previously claimed the FBI planted evidence in the immediate aftermath of the raid, though has not specified what they planted or offered evidence to back his claim.
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