Big Bite: FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago: Why was the house of a former president raided and how this is different and unprecedented

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Why was Mar-a-Lago raided?

The AP reports that the “FBI search at Mar-a-Lago was related to whether Trump took classified information from the White House.”

Just the News reports, “The FBI raid on Donald Trump's home and office in Florida was approved by the main Justice Department and is part of an investigation in Washington D.C. into the former president's handling of classified information, two sources told Just the News on Monday evening.”

The agents who executed the search are from the same Washington Field Office that whistleblowers informed Sen. Grassley that was involved in meddling with investigations related to Trump and Hunter Biden.

The reason for the search was to verify if Trump had removed classified documents from the White House. This was prompted by a recent complaint from The National Archives with regard to the possible mishandling of documents.

This is in contrast with how the FBI dealt with Hilary Clinton when she was accused of mishandling classified documents. In t…