FBI hunt Marlago, Trump says
they also broke into my safe," the former president said.
} The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar Arago home. the president said in a statement.
"They also broke into my safe," Trump said in a lengthy statement, describing it as a "raid."
Two sources familiar with the raid said: The investigation is related to allegations that Trump's allies improperly removed a box of presidential records from the White House, according to the White House. One of those sources said the raid took "several hours."
In a statement, he said his resort was "surrounded, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents." This unannounced raid on my home was neither necessary nor appropriate," Trump said.
The former president did not attend Mar-a-Lago and was at Trump Tower in New York City, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The FBI and the US Attorney's Office for the Washington, D.C. and Southern District of Florida did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for the Justice Department headquarters in Washington declined to comment. The Secret Service and Palm Beach Police have deferred comment to the FBI. Biden's senior White House officials were not given advance notice of the raid, according to two of his sources familiar with the matter.
News of the FBI's actions comes amid an increasingly complex legal threat surrounding Trump and his entourage. Most notably, efforts to sabotage the 2020 transition of power by Trump and his allies by attempting to appoint a rogue presidential elector who will create a pretense to sabotage Joe Biden's victory. is an escalating investigation of
That investigation has become a growing public threat to Trump, with some of his best allies and former White House officials seeking a grand jury subpoena and facing an FBI raid. Earlier in the day, the Department of Justice defended its decision to seize John Eastman's cell phone. and even pursued evidence that several boxes were moved to Trump's Mar-a-Lago Resort.
approval of a federal judge or magistrate to issue the warrant.
The move by law enforcement at Trump's residence came as lawyers and other observers prepared to take action this month in a politically sensitive investigation by the Justice Department.
Meridith McGraw and Josh Gerstein contributed to this report.
