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The FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The raids are said to be in connection of an investigation to check whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence.
Donald Trump, sharing about the raids, said his Florida home was raided by the FBI. In a statement Trump said FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach and had broken open a safe. Trump is former US president and had lost election to Joe Biden, who is the current president in the US.
The FBI and the Department of Justice have not yet commented on the actions. It is said that the Secret Service was notified shortly before the warrant was served and that agents protecting Trump helped the FBI investigators.
Several boxes were taken away, the source said, adding that no doors were kicked down and the search had concluded by late afternoon.
Eric Trump, the president’s second-oldest son, told that it was related to an investigation into the handling of National Archives (NA) records that were taken to the Florida residence after his father left office. US presidents are required by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) to transfer all of their documents and emails to the NA.
The government agency said that it had retrieved 15 boxes of papers from Mar-a-Lago, which Trump should have turned over when he left the White House.
It later told Congress the boxes included items marked as classified national security information and asked the Justice Department to investigate.
Trump at the time rejected reports that he had mishandled official records as fake news. A federal search warrant must be signed by a judge and legal experts suggest this warrant was probably approved at the top levels of the Justice Department. Joe Biden’s administration was given no notice of the FBI search in Florida.
