FBI searches Trump safe at Mar-a-Lago Club, former president says
A person familiar with the investigation said the search was court-authorized, related to the potential mishandling of classified documents
Former president Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago Club and searched his safe — activity related to an investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, according to a person familiar with the probe.
The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its details, said agents were conducting a court-authorized search as part of a long-running investigation of whether documents — some of them top secret — were taken to the former president's private golf club and residence instead of sent to the National Archives when Trump left office. That could be a violation of the Presidential Records Act, which requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and other written communications related to a president's official duties.