Christina Bobb, a lawyer for former President Trump, said Tuesday that the FBI removed roughly a dozen boxes held at Mar-a-Lago. The warrant, which they shared after the search, showed agents were investigating possible violations of laws regarding the handling of classified material as well as the Presidential Records Act. The search spanned roughly 10 hours. The former president has called the search unprecedented and politically motivated. Experts on national security law have cautioned that the FBI would not have undertaken such a high-stakes move without firm belief that a possible criminal violation was at issue.
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