“These are dark times for our Nation as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raids and occupation by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said. in a statement. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States. Image: Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate (Image: AP) “After working and cooperating with the appropriate government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was neither necessary nor appropriate. “It’s prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Judiciary, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will also do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the coming elections. Midterm Elections. The Justice Department is investigating the discovery of boxes of files containing classified information that were moved to Mar-a-Lago after Mr. Trump’s presidency ended.
Analysis: David Blevins, Sky correspondent in Washington
Not since the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon half a century ago has America seen anything like this. President Trump claims FBI agents flooded his Florida home and even broke into a safe while executing a search warrant. He was not at Mar-a-Lago at the time and is believed to have been at Trump Towers, his New York residence. The White House says it received no notification. The raid is likely to have been authorized by the Attorney General. Multiple sources link the search warrant to classified documents, but the FBI is not commenting at this stage. To obtain a search warrant, prosecutors must identify probable cause for the crime and then convince authorities that it is justified. A prosecutor gives an affidavit to an FBI agent, which is then scrutinized by a federal judge. President Trump is being investigated for allegations that he mishandled classified information and the Jan. 6 raid on Capitol Hill. But no one really expected to see FBI agents raiding the home of a former President of the United States. He was quick to politicize the investigation, arguing that such an “attack” could only take place in a “Third World country”. It was not clear if the FBI investigation was connected to that investigation. A separate investigation related to efforts by Mr. Trump’s allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol has also intensified in Washington.
