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Why FBI Agents Searched Mar-a-Lago

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

FBI agents searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home looking for classified documents. WSJ's Alex Leary discusses what we know about the investigation and some of the potential consequences of the search. Further Reading: - FBI Searches Trump’s Florida Home Mar-a-Lago in Document Investigation - Search of Trump’s Home Roils 2022 Midterms, 2024 Presidential Race Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yesterday morning, more than two dozen FBI agents showed up at Mar-a-Lago.

0:10.1

The Florida Resort were former President Donald Trump lives.

0:14.7

It was an unannounced visit according to the Trump people, so there were no prior notice,

0:19.6

so that must have been pretty surprising to those who were there at Mar-a-Lago.

0:24.8

That's our colleague Alex Leary.

0:26.7

He says, the FBI agents were there with a search warrant, and we're looking for classified

0:31.2

documents from Trump's time in the White House.

0:34.0

In some 30 FBI agents went to Mar-a-Lago and began searching around for what seems to be

0:40.4

classified documents, and we know from when a President Trump's lawyers that they actually

0:45.6

did see some documents.

0:47.6

We do know they were there pretty much for the full part of the day.

0:51.5

According to President Trump, they searched a safe of his, which he seemed astounded by,

0:56.5

so they were quite thorough, it seems, and looking for whatever they were trying to get.

1:00.6

And out of all the details that you've heard, is there any one particular detail about

1:04.0

their search that stands out to you?

1:05.8

The notion that it even happened.

1:08.0

It was shocking.

1:09.0

I think it shocked the political world in Washington and beyond.

1:13.4

It was just an unprecedented move.

1:18.6

This raid could have big ramifications for Trump.

1:21.8

Officials who move classified material to unauthorized locations can face up to five

1:26.0

years in prison, and potentially they can even be banned from holding federal office.

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