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Former US President Donald Trump said Monday that his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., was raided by FBI agents.
"Working with relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was neither necessary nor appropriate," Trump said in a statement.
Trump did not say why the raid took place.
Mar-A-Lago is "currently surrounded, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents," he said. "They also broke into my safe," Trump said.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an early-stage investigation into Trump's removal of official presidential records from his Florida mansion, sources familiar with the matter said. he said in April.
The investigation comes after the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration notified Congress in February that it had recovered about 15 boxes of White House documents from President Trump's home in Florida. were conducted, some of which contained classified material.
The then-U.S. House Oversight Committee announced it was expanding its investigation into Trump's actions and called for additional information to be submitted to the archives. Trump has previously admitted that he agreed to return certain records to the archives, calling it a "normal, routine process."
(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch, Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)
