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 the case of Hilary Clinton, the FBI worked with her lawyer, David Kendall, and allow him to hold the classified materials in order to not have to conduct a raid on Clinton.

A Summary of Reactions:

This is an unprecedented abuse of power and comparable to a banana republic.

That the warrant was signed by a judge, means that the judge must have seen it to be justified. The FBI/DOJ knows how much of a risk this is and would not have executed the warrant if they didn’t have a solid reason to.

We need to wait and see the warrant and what they find before we can reach a conclusion.

Considering that our alleged “apolitical” government institutions have demonstrated the opposite I share Will Chamberlain’s response:

Career lawyers and officials at FBI/DOJ have been investigating Trump since he won the GOP nomination in 2016 and have come up with nothing

So no, I'm not waiting around for all the facts to come in before I condemn this continued outrage

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 9, 2022

And if you are one of those people saying "well THIS time they might have the goods" you're a sucker

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 9, 2022

First they tried to get Trump on colluding with Russia - that was fake

Then they tried to get him on obstructing the Mueller investigation - that was legally incoherent

Then they tried to get him on the Ukraine phone call - that was fake

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 9, 2022

Now they are trying to get him on *checks notes* improperly retaining classified records

Which as President he had the total authority to declassify

But yes this we should presume this is totally legitimate and not at all a deep state vendetta

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 9, 2022

Sources

AP source: FBI search at Mar-a-Lago was related to whether Trump took classified information from White House

FBI raid approved by main Justice, focus is on classified document handling, Just the News

FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation, CNN

Eric Trump: FBI Mar-a-Lago search focused on documents sought by National Archives, The Hill

Biden’s FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago Looking For Classified Documents: AP, Gateway Pundit