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 The move by the FBI to raid Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, has angered the former US president, amid questions about what exactly the FBI is looking for.

FBI agents raided Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago on Monday, as his son admitted that the operation was part of an investigation into Trump's transfer of official presidential records from the White House to his resort.

The unprecedented search of the home of a former US president sparked a great deal of controversy on the media and social sites, and would represent a significant escalation in the investigation into the records, which is among the many investigations that Trump is facing about his time in office and his private business.

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The raid on Trump's resort came the day after the former president gave the strongest hint about his intention to run for the next presidential election in 2024.

Trump told his fellow Republicans that the time to announce his candidacy for the White House was close, adding that he believed "the people would be very happy" with his decision.

Trump linked this insinuation to what the FBI officers did on Monday evening, saying: “It is misconduct on the part of the attorney general, the use of the justice system as a weapon, and an attack by Democrats from the far left who are desperately trying not to run for office.” for the presidency in 2024.

 What exactly does the FBI want?

Last April, the US Department of Justice launched an investigation into Trump's transfer of presidential records to his Florida home.

The investigation comes after the US National Archives and Records Administration notified Congress in February that it had recovered about 15 boxes of White House documents from Trump's Florida home, some of them containing "classified material".

The US House of Representatives Oversight Committee announced that it would expand the investigation into Trump's actions and asked the Archives to turn over additional information.

Eric Trump, one of the sons of the former president, told "Fox News" that the search related to boxes of documents that Trump brought with him from the White House, noting that his father has been cooperating with the national registries in this regard for months.

A federal law, called the US Presidential Records Act, requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes, and other written communications related to the president's official duties.

What did Trump say?

“These are difficult times for our nation, as my beautiful home, in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” the former US president said, in a statement posted on the social media platform “Truth.” .

"Nothing like this has ever happened to the president of the United States before," he continued.

"After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this sudden raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate," he explained, in the same statement.

Shredding official documents

The British "Sky News" website, quoting sources close to Trump during his time in the White House, revealed that he "always shredded official documents, forcing his aides to reintegrate them together so as not to violate the laws that prohibit people from destroying presidential records."

A new book by a journalist in the American newspaper "The New York Times" detailed how White House staff occasionally found fragments of torn official documents in the toilet.

Trump was also using his "personal phone" instead of the White House phone to see "official assignments."

An 'unprecedented' decision

The former head of the FBI's Minneapolis branch said the FBI's decision to carry out a search of the former president's home was "unprecedented."

"We've never investigated presidents after their tenures ended," Michael Tubman told Fox News. "It's a big step for the FBI, especially since it's about someone saying they might run for office again."

He pointed out that obtaining a warrant to search the house of a former president "is not a simple task, because first of all you have to provide a reason capable of convincing the public prosecution."