Justice Department officials declined to comment on any element of the search, including whether it informed the White House ahead of time, whether attorney general Merrick Garland approved the court-approved search warrant - or even if he was briefed on the raid. The White House said it had no advance information of the FBI’s search.Trump was not at the estate at the time of the raid and was in the New York area, according to multiple reports.
“After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. Trump released a lengthy statement following the search, comparing the FBI raid to “Watergate” and blaming it on “Radical Left Democrats”.The search appeared to concern boxes of classified documents that Trump brought with him from the White House to the Florida club, the New York Times reported, citing two unnamed people familiar with the investigation.The FBI executed a search warrant around 6pm ET which appears to have been related to an investigation into Trump unlawfully taking White House classified documents with him to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency.Former US President Donald Trump claimed FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, adding that his estate “is currently under siege, raided, and occupied.”.Here is a comprehensive summary of how events unfolded following the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. We are pausing our live coverage after an extraordinary night in US politics.
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