Trump's legal team has been in discussions with agency for MONTHS after he 'took dozens of boxes of White House documents that were clearly marked TOP SECRET' to his Florida club
- In February it was first reported that documents relating to Donald Trump's presidency were being stored at Mar-a-Lago
- By law, all presidential documents must be handed over to the National Archives before an incumbent leaves the White House
- In February, it was reported that some of the documents had been handed over to the National Archives
- Yet on June 8 investigators visited Mar-a-Lago and met with Trump's lawyers to discuss further documents
- The investigators were shown the documents in a basement room, and told those at Mar-a-Lago to increase security on the room
- It is unclear why the FBI have now decided to enter the property and retrieve the documents, without Trump's knowledge
FBI agents who raided Donald Trump's Florida estate have been in discussions since June with his legal team about a trove of presidential documents on the property, it emerged on Monday night, as speculation continued to swirl about what exactly they were looking for.
The raid was carried out on Monday, and confirmed by Trump himself. The White House is believed to have learnt of the raid when the rest of the world did, and was not informed in advance.
In February it emerged that Trump had taken classified documents out of the White House when he left in January 2021, and some of those were handed over to the National Archives.