Newly declassified emails reveal that the FBI thought it lacked evidence to justify raiding President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence for classified documents in the summer of 2022.
Internal emails show that Biden administration Justice Department attorneys overruled lawyers in the FBI’s Washington field office who said they lacked probable cause, such as witness testimony, that classified documents were on the premises.
The Justice Department nonetheless pressured the FBI to execute the search warrant for the entire home, allowing them to conduct an unprecedented and sweeping raid of a former president’s residence at a time when Mr. Trump was considered a likely 2024 presidential candidate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/no-probable-cause-biden-justice-department-ignored-fbi-objections/
