Some FBI agents wanted to believe Donald Trump returned all classified documents and close the criminal investigation 2 months before the Mar-a-Lago raid uncovered more sensitive material, The Washington Post reported

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 22:09

A police officer, police car, and police lights outside of Mar-a-Lago — Police direct traffic outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.
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The FBI raided Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home to recover classified documents on August 2022.
Before the search, FBI agents were reluctant to conduct a surprise raid, per The Washington Post.
Some agents wanted to believe Trump's lawyer's claims that they'd already conducted a thorough search.

Two months before the FBI executed an unprecedented raid of a former president's home, seizing more than 100 classified documents, some agents wanted to believe that Donald Trump's attorneys had already conducted a thorough search of the Mar-a-Lago premises in Palm Beach, Florida.