news himself just hours ago. multiple sources tell cnn the search is related to the handling of classified documents and where documents were kept. cnn s randi kaye and sara murray are covering the very latest. this is such a huge night to think about what s going on right now. extraordinary developments continue to come out, sara. what are you learning about this fbi search at mar-a-lago? absolutely. these are very wild circumstances because we re talking about a former president and he broke the news. he released a long statement saying the fbi had even searched a safe that he had. we ve been told by multiple sources this is related to the presidential records act. this has to do with materials he took when he left the white house potentially classified documents that he took and we know from earlier reporting the national archives said they had recovered 15 boxes of materials that the former president took with him, but what this was focused on is where he was keeping cl
they had already been engaging with investigators on this issue and then to see this unannounced search take place. when i hear an unannounced search, i think they might believe something is fleeting or might have legs and walk away. there had to have been some breakdown in communication even with the conversation between the lawyers and, of course, doj. there still was something not trustworthy about what was said or to dot one s i s and cross one s t s. we read that statement, but we re hearing from eric trump as well tonight. what is eric trump saying, randi? reporter: he went on fox news tonight talking about this raid and he offered his own explanation to sean hannity as to why the fbi showed up at mar- a-lago in florida today. this is what he said. the purpose of the raid from what they said was because the national archives wanted to corroborate whether or not donald trump had any documents in his possession. my father has worked so