Trump Says FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago Home
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The verified @TrumpWarRoom Twitter account tweeted a statement from Trump Monday night saying that the house was "under siege, raided, and being occupied by a large group of FBI agents," and that the "unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for President in 2024." He also said that "Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before."
Multiple news outlets reported that the search pertained to classified documents that Trump allegedly took from the White House, which the National Archives accused him of doing in a letter sent to the Department of Justice in February.
Outlets across the political spectrum covered the news as their top story Monday. Many highlighted how the FBI, the White House and Trump's office all had yet to return requests for comment on the raid. Most sources from left to right used the word "raid" in their headlines; CNN's headline said the FBI "executed a search warrant."
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From the Right
Trump says Mar-A-Lago home in Florida 'under siege' by FBI agentsFormer President Trump on Monday said that his Mar-A-Lago home in Florida is "under siege" by a "large group" of FBI agents.
"Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will...
From the Left
FBI executes search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, former President saysThe FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN.
Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.”
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” he said in a statement.
From the Center
Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Home Raided by FBI AgentsFormer President Donald Trump said Monday evening that FBI agents were conducting a raid at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before,” he said in a statement. “After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.”
Details of the operation were not immediately available.
Aides to Mr. Trump didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for...
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