FBI records contradict claims Biden was 'not aware' of Mar-a-Lago raid

FBI email communications dating back to the August 2022 raid on Mar-a-Lago appear to contradict the Biden administration's claim that then-President Joe Biden had no prior knowledge of the search of President Donald Trump's property. The records also shed more light on how aggressively the Justice Department pushed for a search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago, despite FBI objections over a lack of evidence to justify it.

The partially redacted emails, obtained by the Washington Examiner, include internal FBI communications from Aug. 3, 2022 — just five days before the raid — suggesting the search was tethered to the timing of when Biden would be briefed about the matter, and in "coordination between" the White House Counsel's Office and the Department of Justice.