• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Legal
  • Technology and Science
  • Opinion
  • Columns
  • Exposé
  • World
  • Lifestyle
FBI Searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence In Unprecedented Move

FBI Searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence In Unprecedented Move

3 years ago
India: Study Reveals More Women Are Diagnosed With Cancer, Men Die More

India: Study Reveals More Women Are Diagnosed With Cancer, Men Die More

5 hours ago
Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

6 hours ago
Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

9 hours ago
MWC Kigali
China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

10 hours ago
Nigeria: Resident Doctors End Nationwide Warning Strike, Resume Work Today

Japa: Nigerian Governor Declares 2 Doctors Wanted For Absconding After State-Sponsored Training

10 hours ago
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
  • About
  • HT Management
  • Privacy Policy
Heritage Times
No Result
View All Result
Translate |
  • Login
  • Politics
    Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

    Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

    Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

    Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

    Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

    Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

    Malawi: Campaigns End Ahead Of Tuesday Presidential Polls

    Malawi: Campaigns End Ahead Of Tuesday Presidential Polls

    Tanzania: Electoral Body Accepts Candidacy Of Opposition Figure After Court Ruling

    Tanzania: Electoral Body Accepts Candidacy Of Opposition Figure After Court Ruling

    Albania: PM Appoints World’s First AI-Generated Minister To Oversee Public Tenders

    Albania: PM Appoints World’s First AI-Generated Minister To Oversee Public Tenders

    South Sudan: US Calls For Release Of Detained First VP

    South Sudan: Murder, Treason Charges Against Vice President Sparks Tension With Opposition

    France Gets New Prime Minister After Bayrou’s Resignation

    France Gets New Prime Minister After Bayrou’s Resignation

    At Washington Meeting, Trump Confronts Ramaphosa With Video Evidence Of “Genocide” Against Whites

    Trump Not Attending G20 Summit Taking Place First Time In Africa — White House

  • Economy
    Botswana: Nigerian National Appointed As Head Of SWF

    Botswana: Nigerian National Appointed As Head Of SWF

    Why Canada Rejected Over 1,500 Nigerian Asylum Applications In 2025

    Why Canada Rejected Over 1,500 Nigerian Asylum Applications In 2025

    Afreximbank Signs $500m Deal To Boost Nigeria’s Gas Infrastructure

    Afreximbank Signs $500m Deal To Boost Nigeria’s Gas Infrastructure

    AfDB: Egypt To Receive $271 Agricultural Loan To Promote Food Security

    Africa’s Transition States Need $210bn Yearly To Power Transformation – AfDB

    EXPLAINER: 10 Things To Note About Nigeria’s New Tax ID Rules

    EXPLAINER: 10 Things To Note About Nigeria’s New Tax ID Rules

    Nigeria: Govt Inaugurates Committees For Civil Service Personnel Audit

    Nigeria: Govt Launches Civil Service Audit, Targets Future-Ready Workforce

    India To Inject $680 Million Into Mauritius’ Economy

    India To Inject $680 Million Into Mauritius’ Economy

    South Africa: Ramaphosa Sends Officials On Trade Negotiation Trip To US

    South Africa: Ramaphosa Sends Officials On Trade Negotiation Trip To US

    Ethiopia Unveils Africa’s Largest Dam Amid Egypt Tensions

    Ethiopia Unveils Africa’s Largest Dam Amid Egypt Tensions

  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Metro
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Legal
  • Tech & Science
  • Opinion
  • Exposé
  • Exclusive Videos
  • Niger Delta
  • World
  • Politics
    Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

    Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

    Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

    Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

    Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

    Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

    Malawi: Campaigns End Ahead Of Tuesday Presidential Polls

    Malawi: Campaigns End Ahead Of Tuesday Presidential Polls

    Tanzania: Electoral Body Accepts Candidacy Of Opposition Figure After Court Ruling

    Tanzania: Electoral Body Accepts Candidacy Of Opposition Figure After Court Ruling

    Albania: PM Appoints World’s First AI-Generated Minister To Oversee Public Tenders

    Albania: PM Appoints World’s First AI-Generated Minister To Oversee Public Tenders

    South Sudan: US Calls For Release Of Detained First VP

    South Sudan: Murder, Treason Charges Against Vice President Sparks Tension With Opposition

    France Gets New Prime Minister After Bayrou’s Resignation

    France Gets New Prime Minister After Bayrou’s Resignation

    At Washington Meeting, Trump Confronts Ramaphosa With Video Evidence Of “Genocide” Against Whites

    Trump Not Attending G20 Summit Taking Place First Time In Africa — White House

  • Economy
    Botswana: Nigerian National Appointed As Head Of SWF

    Botswana: Nigerian National Appointed As Head Of SWF

    Why Canada Rejected Over 1,500 Nigerian Asylum Applications In 2025

    Why Canada Rejected Over 1,500 Nigerian Asylum Applications In 2025

    Afreximbank Signs $500m Deal To Boost Nigeria’s Gas Infrastructure

    Afreximbank Signs $500m Deal To Boost Nigeria’s Gas Infrastructure

    AfDB: Egypt To Receive $271 Agricultural Loan To Promote Food Security

    Africa’s Transition States Need $210bn Yearly To Power Transformation – AfDB

    EXPLAINER: 10 Things To Note About Nigeria’s New Tax ID Rules

    EXPLAINER: 10 Things To Note About Nigeria’s New Tax ID Rules

    Nigeria: Govt Inaugurates Committees For Civil Service Personnel Audit

    Nigeria: Govt Launches Civil Service Audit, Targets Future-Ready Workforce

    India To Inject $680 Million Into Mauritius’ Economy

    India To Inject $680 Million Into Mauritius’ Economy

    South Africa: Ramaphosa Sends Officials On Trade Negotiation Trip To US

    South Africa: Ramaphosa Sends Officials On Trade Negotiation Trip To US

    Ethiopia Unveils Africa’s Largest Dam Amid Egypt Tensions

    Ethiopia Unveils Africa’s Largest Dam Amid Egypt Tensions

  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Metro
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Legal
  • Tech & Science
  • Opinion
  • Exposé
  • Exclusive Videos
  • Niger Delta
  • World
No Result
View All Result
First with the News

FBI Searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence In Unprecedented Move

Former president says bureau conducted 'unannounced raid,' rails against 'weaponization of justice system.'

August 9, 2022
in Top Stories
0
FBI Searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence In Unprecedented Move

Former US President, Donald Trump.

0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

By John Ikani

The FBI has searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence in Florida, with the former president claiming his home was “raided” and “under siege”, and that agents broke open a safe.

Relatedreading

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

The search, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on boxes contained many pages of classified documents that Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence, when he left the White House.

MWC Kigali MWC Kigali MWC Kigali
ADVERTISEMENT

The Florida raid, which sources said took “hours,” resulted in the seizure of paper records.

No former president — particularly one who is openly considering another bid for the Oval Office — has faced such a public law enforcement action, which immediately led to calls among his allies for recriminations and even the elimination of federal law enforcement agencies.

Trump, disclosing the search in a lengthy statement, asserted that agents had opened up a safe at his home and described their work as an “unannounced raid” that he likened to “prosecutorial misconduct.”

“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said in a statement. “They even broke into my safe!”

Trump said the search Monday amounted to a “weaponization of the justice system” and an “attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for president in 2024.”

The search, which the FBI and Justice Department did not immediately confirm, marks a dramatic escalation in a months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in more than a dozen boxes located at Mar-a-Lago.

It occurred amid a separate but intensifying investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and added to the potential legal peril for Trump as he lays the groundwork for another presidential run.

The former president was not at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the raid and was at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, one of the sources said. By the time Trump issued the statement, suggesting the raid was ongoing, the FBI had already left the property.

During his presidency, Mar-a-Lago was known as Trump’s “winter White House”. Trump and his wife, Melania, returned to the Florida resort after leaving Washington and since then, the president has made it the center of his political dealings.

The search began early Monday morning and law enforcement personnel appeared to be focused on the area of the club where Trump’s offices and personal quarters are, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The FBI’s search included examining where documents were kept, according to another person familiar with the investigation, and boxes of items were taken.

In January 2021, as the National Archives and Records Administration (Nara) prepared to transfer records from the Trump White House to the House select committee investigating January 6, it found around 15 boxes worth of materials had been improperly taken to Mar-a-Lago.

The records were eventually returned to Nara after negotiations with Trump’s lawyers – only for officials to then discover that the former president had taken with him some documents clearly marked as classified and sensitive for national security.

Also in the boxes: a letter left for Trump by his predecessor as president, Barack Obama, “love letters” from Kim Jong-un of North Korea, and a model of Air Force One with red-white-and-blue livery Trump chose but was scrapped by the Biden administration.

“Because Nara identified classified information in the boxes,” the chief archivist David Ferriero said in a letter to Congress at the time, “Nara staff has been in communication with the Department of Justice.”

The saga also prompted the House oversight committee, led by congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, to open a separate investigation that noted “removing or concealing government records is a criminal offense”. Trump must be held accountable, the New York Democrat said.

The news appeared set to inflame Trump supporters and add fuel to Republican claims that the former president is being unfairly targeted.

A small group of Trump supporters were seen gathering outside Mar-a-Lago on Monday evening after the news broke.

Tags: breakingDonald TrumpFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Heritageheritage timesheritagetimesmedialatestnewsthe heritage timesthtthtafricatop stories
ShareTweetSend
Previous Post

Kenyans Head To Polls To Elect New President

Next Post

Long Term Injury Sidelines Nigerian Ex-international As Super Eagles Star Completes Degree Programme In Birmingham

Related Posts

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

September 16, 2025
Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

September 16, 2025

China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

Japa: Nigerian Governor Declares 2 Doctors Wanted For Absconding After State-Sponsored Training

Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

Next Post
Long Term Injury Sidelines Nigerian Ex-international As Super Eagles Star Completes Degree Programme In Birmingham

Long Term Injury Sidelines Nigerian Ex-international As Super Eagles Star Completes Degree Programme In Birmingham

Please login to join discussion
MWC Kigali MWC Kigali MWC Kigali
AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2 AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2 AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2

Updates

Plugin Install : Widget Tab Post needs JNews - View Counter to be installed
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
India: Study Reveals More Women Are Diagnosed With Cancer, Men Die More

India: Study Reveals More Women Are Diagnosed With Cancer, Men Die More

September 16, 2025
Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

September 16, 2025
Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

September 16, 2025
China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

September 16, 2025
JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia
ADVERTISEMENT

Most Recent

India: Study Reveals More Women Are Diagnosed With Cancer, Men Die More

September 16, 2025

Chad: New Constitution Allows President To Contest Unlimited Times

September 16, 2025

Somalia: TikTok Users Arrested Over Dance Video “Insulting” President Mohamud

September 16, 2025

China Sails Into UN’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nations, Replacing Germany

September 16, 2025

Japa: Nigerian Governor Declares 2 Doctors Wanted For Absconding After State-Sponsored Training

September 16, 2025

Ghana To Host Goodluck Jonathan Foundation’s Democracy Dialogue

September 16, 2025

Terrorism Against Christians: US Senators Push For Nigeria’s Redesignation As ‘Country Of Particular Concern’

September 16, 2025

Burkina Faso: 50 Civilians Slain In Jihadist Attacks Since May – HRW

September 15, 2025

About

Heritage Times HT stands as a beacon of pan-African journalism, dedicated to amplyfing the rich tapestry of voices and narratives across the continent. With unwavering commitment, we illuminate the evocative essence of Africa, offering a fresh perspective that captivates our global audience.

Featured

One Year of Transformative Stewardship: Walson-Jack’s Innovative Impact on Nigeria’s Civil Service

Africa’s Largest Tech Event, MWC25 Kigali, Returns With Focus On Innovation, Policy

Nadine Djuiko: Meet The Cameroonian Woman Behind Maryland’s Million-Dollar Braiding Empire

Connect

Connect with us on social media and receive timely updates on the go.

Get Updates

  • About
  • HT Management
  • Privacy Policy

© 2025 Heritage Times (HT) Media.

No Result
View All Result
  • Welcome
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Security
  • Exposé
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Legal
  • Technology and Science
  • Columns
    • Opinion
  • World
  • __________________
  • Make a Donation
  • Photo Speaks
  • Videos
  • You-Report
  • Whistleblower
  • Advertise
  • HT Events
  • HT Management
  • About HT
  • Contact us

© 2025 Heritage Times (HT) Media.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In