A day after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, a congressman said he was confronted by FBI agents and had his phone taken.
The congressman spoke at a news conference outside the Capitol in Washington. Kevin Dietsch poses for a picture.
According to a statement, three FBI agents approached him with a warrant for his cell phone while he was travelling with his family.
It's unclear what agents were searching for and what connection they might have to Monday's search of Mar-a-Lago, which was reportedly tied to sensitive government documents that were removed from the White House.
Forbes did not get a response from the Justice Department and FBI.
The Department of Justice chose this unnecessary and aggressive action instead of contacting my attorneys. Every citizen should be concerned by these banana republic tactics.
According to White House logs obtained by the House January 6 committee, a group of GOP congressmen met with Trump in December to discuss how to overturn the election results. During the January 6 committee hearings, a former White House aide testified that the leader of the House Freedom Caucus asked for a pardon after the storming of the Capitol. The Justice Department is investigating the storming of the Capitol along with the January 6 committee's probe. It's not clear what the status of the DOJ investigation into the January 6 riot is, but FBI agents combed through Mar-a-Lago, at one point breaking into Trump's personal safe to seize documents. Many other top Republicans have echoed Trump's view that the raid was political persecution. According to reports, the search was done in response to the White House records being mishandled.
Trump said that FBI agents searched Mar-A-Lago in an "unannounced raid".
GOP leaders are reacting to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.
Six Republicans are said to have asked Trump for pardons.
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