On Saturday, former President Trump’s team addressed statements from his former attorney, Tim Parlatore, who said he left Trump’s legal team due to nefarious activities.

Parlatore appeared on CNN’s Newsroom on Saturday to discuss his departure from Trump’s legal team, suggesting that the former president allowed the presence of people who were trying to interfere with the search for classified documents. Parlatore announced his departure from the legal team on Wednesday.

Parlatore was on Trump’s legal team during the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, in which federal agents executed a search warrant to assess whether Trump illegally kept classified documents.

A spokesman for Trump told Fox News Digital that Parlatore’s claims are “categorically false.”

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“Mr. Parlatore is no longer a member of the legal team,” the spokesman said. “His statements regarding the current members of the legal team are unfounded and categorically false.”

Parlatore directed his criticism at a specific member of the Trump team named Boris Epstein, a strategic adviser to Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. Parlatore claimed that Epstein was trying to infer a federal search for classified documents on Trump’s property.

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PHOTO: Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis speaks as Trump campaign adviser Boris Epstein whispers to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, during a press conference on the 2020 U.S. presidential election results at the Republican National Committee . headquarters in Washington, USA, November 19, 2020 (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo)

“The real reason is that there are certain people who have made defending the president much harder than it needs to be,” Parlatore told Paula Reid in an interview. “There is one man in particular who works for him, Boris Epstein, who has really gone out of his way to try to block us…to prevent us from doing our best to protect the president.”

“In my opinion, he was not being very honest with us or with the client on some things,” added the lawyer, who was being tested during the grand jury hearing on the Mar-a-Lago investigation. “There were certain things, like searches, that he tried to interfere with.”

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Former President Donald Trump addresses guests at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on April 14, 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Epstein advised Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and was subpoenaed by the Committee on January 6. He also served on Trump’s presidential inaugural committee and served as Assistant Director of Public Affairs for Surrogate Operations at the White House.

Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.

The problem of gun control has escalated in Maryland after a man regularly stood at a school bus stop with an AR-15 rifle in his hands.

For the past few weeks, 20-year-old J’Den Makadori has been walking around his neighborhood in Severn, Maryland, with a long revolver in what he says is a protest against the state’s recent gun control law.

The police say his actions are legal.

McAdory has yet to respond to NPR’s request for comment, but he did say VBAL TV, which first reported the controversy: “A gun can be safe if it’s operated by the right person.” He added, “I really didn’t come here for the kids. I came here to show people that it’s legal.”

Macadori’s outcry sparked fear among families and heightened concerns about open carry, especially around children.

McAdory disagreed with Maryland Gun Safety Act 2023which was adopted on Tuesday. It states that a person is no longer allowed to carry a firearm in a school, medical facility, or in places licensed to sell alcohol or cannabis, such as a stadium, museum, or race track.

Gun rights activists have criticized the law. The National Rifle Association called the law “unconstitutional.” south state.

Wes Moore’s office condemned McAdory’s behavior, adding that it would not change his views on gun control.

“Scaring our children and threatening our communities will not help make Maryland safe. The Governor will not allow these tactics to prevent his administration from taking reasonable steps to protect our communities,” the office said in a statement.

Local families were concerned about Macadori displaying his rifle near the children. Little can be done legally to stop McAdory, despite the fact that Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country.

“I feel like if we don’t do something about it now, then we’ll be talking again, at which point it will be too late,” Jamie Sparrow, a parent of an elementary school student, told WBAL-TV. . “I think lives may be lost (or) people may be injured.”

Ann Arundel County Police said the department received a “numerous” number of calls about an armed member of the community, but that the person is the legal owner of the gun and is allowed to openly carry a rifle.

“Officers are in the area to help ease growing concerns between both students and parents,” the department said in a statement. statements.

Similarly, the principal of a nearby elementary school told the parents that the local police department and the prosecutor’s office had made it clear: “A man is not doing anything illegal by carrying a long gun. He exercises his constitutional rights because he is free to do so. “

Isafina Smith, Principal of Severn Elementary School, added that McAdory agreed to stop visiting the elementary school’s bus stops after being “kindly requested” by the school communications department.

Smith also suggested recommendations on how to “relieve fear and anxiety” if Macadori returns.

Advice included: “Advise your students to ask the man to leave them alone” and “get away from him if he approaches them.”

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