The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago as it executed a search warrant on the property on Monday, Donald Trump said.
It is unclear exactly why the FBI obtained the search warrant, but The New York Times reported that it was related to an investigation of boxes of classified material that were brought to Mar-a-Lago after Trump’s presidency ended, rather than turned over the National Archives.
The raid also comes as the Justice Department has been investigating Trump’s conduct related to January 6th, The Washington Post reported last month.
The news of the search warrant on a former president, believed to be unprecedented, quickly dominated coverage on cable news. Typically, for a judge to sign off on a search warrant, there has to be probable cause that a crime was committed, senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on CNN. The network reported that the agents arrived on Monday morning and remained there for several hours.
It is unclear exactly why the FBI obtained the search warrant, but The New York Times reported that it was related to an investigation of boxes of classified material that were brought to Mar-a-Lago after Trump’s presidency ended, rather than turned over the National Archives.
The raid also comes as the Justice Department has been investigating Trump’s conduct related to January 6th, The Washington Post reported last month.
The news of the search warrant on a former president, believed to be unprecedented, quickly dominated coverage on cable news. Typically, for a judge to sign off on a search warrant, there has to be probable cause that a crime was committed, senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on CNN. The network reported that the agents arrived on Monday morning and remained there for several hours.
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