According to Donald Trump, the FBI is searching his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
“These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Mr Trump said in a statement.
“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 likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections.”
The discovery of boxes of documents containing sensitive material that were brought to Mar-a-Lago after Mr. Trump’s administration had ended has been under investigation by the Justice Department.
Whether the FBI search was related to that investigation remained unclear.