Even as the details are preliminary, the implications are immense.

A federal search warrant issued and executed at the home of the former president of the

United States, FBI agents on a judge's authority by definition on a judge's authority, searching

Mar-a-Lago.

John Berman here in Foranterson, the news broke shortly before airtime.

We have assembled a team of correspondence and experts to tell you what is known, what

it could mean, and where it may lead.

See, and as Caitlin Collins starts us off, Caitlin, what are you learning about this FBI

operation?

John, it's a remarkable development with the former president himself confirming that

the FBI has executed a search warrant on his home in Palm Beach, Florida today.

He said in a statement that his beautiful home Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, of course, which

became his primary residence after he left the White House, is, quote, currently under siege,

raided and occupied by a large number of FBI agents.

He says, after working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced

raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.

John, he adds, quote, they even broke into my safe and he compared this to Watergate, reverse

Watergate, and maintains its an effort to stop him from running for president in 2024.

Of course, we should note, we have now learned that this search warrant had to do with that

investigation into how the former president handled potentially classified information, certainly

sensitive information when he left the White House.

That is something we knew had already happened that he had taken about 15 boxes with him

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