News of the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s residence in Florida broke in a familiar place Monday evening: Twitter.
Citing two sources, Peter Schorsch of FloridaPolitics.com reported the execution of a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. The former president confirmed the search in a statement, calling it an “unannounced raid.”
This year, federal investigators recovered documents from the residence after they were improperly removed from the White House, and sources told Post reporters that agents carried out a court-authorized search as part of that probe. Trump’s Monday evening statement said he had been “working and cooperating with the relevant and Government agencies.” As of early Tuesday afternoon, it was not known exactly what crime the FBI was investigating or what evidence the FBI gave to the judge who approved the search warrant.
Schorsch’s tweet and Trump’s statement led to a flood of reaction. Here’s what people are saying.
Scoop — The Federal Bureau of Investigation @FBI today executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, two sources confirm to @Fla_Pol.
“They just left,” one source said.
Not sure what the search warrant was about.
TBH, Im not a strong enough reporter to hunt this down, but its real. pic.twitter.com/hMsGhlVp3d
— Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) August 8, 2022
The FBI executed a search warrant today at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, the former president confirms to CNN in a lengthy statement.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 8, 2022
At 6:52pm Trump says his home is “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 8, 2022
