A close associate of former President Donald Trump may have tipped the FBI off to the documents at Mar-A-Lago that sparked the agency's raid on Monday, according to reports.
The former President left Trump Tower in New York City.
There may be more classified documents at the private club after the FBI raided Mar-A-Lago, according to a report.
The raid took place because of White House documents that Trump brought back to Mar-A-Lago with him instead of turning over to the National Archives.
Mick Mulvaney said on CNN that whoever tipped off the FBI must have been very close to Trump.
He didn't know who that could include, but he guessed there would be six or eight people who had that kind of information.
According to Bobb, FBI agents took at least 12 more boxes from Mar-A-Lago during Monday's raid.
There are reports of a Trump associate tipping off the FBI, as well as reports of paranoia among Trump and his allies about whether someone has told the FBI about the documents.
After months of controversy over Trump bringing back documents to his Florida estate, the FBI raided Mar-A-Lago on Monday. When a president leaves office, White House documents must be turned over to the National Archives and not kept in his possession. In February, the National Archives said it had arranged for the transport of 15 boxes of documents from Mar-A-Lago, which multiple outlets report Trump only turned over when threatened with legal action, and reports emerged in April that the FBI was looking into the matter. In June, the FBI met with Trump's associates at Mar-A-Lago to get more information about the documents. The Journal reported that agents asked for the room where the documents had been stored to be secured and for any items that were transported from the White House to Mar-A-Lago to be preserved. When investigators were asked if there were more documents that hadn't been turned over, they weren't sure if Trump's associates were being "truthful"
Is Trump going to face consequences? A federal statute that prohibits the removal or destruction of government property carries a punishment of a fine and up to three years in prison for violating it. According to legal experts, there are other laws that prohibit taking classified documents to unauthorized locations or the unauthorized possession of national defense information that could be used against Trump.
The tour of a crowded closet was part of the FBI's quest for Trump documents.
Newsweek has an exclusive on what an informer told the FBI.
The Washington Post reported that the Mar-a-Lago search was focused on whether Trump's aides had lied.
There is a lot to know about the document controversy that led to the Mar-A-Lago raid.
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