judge permitting them to enter. the search by a large uniformed team ununiformed team, excuse me, took hours and included getting into trump s safe. mr. trump who announced the search in a statement on his website railed against it claiming prosecutorial misconduct and political persecution. he was in manhattan at the time in preparation for an upcoming deposition, part of the civil investigation by the new york state attorney s office into his organization s finances. the former president s lawyer was at the scene in florida and called it an unannounced raid to seize paper. white house officials tell nbc news they had no prior knowledge and justice department officials are refusing to comment. we have the story completely covered throughout this hour, including a deep dive with legal experts and historian michael beschloss, as well as the political fallout. we begin with nbc s kerry sanders, ken dilanian, ryan reilly and josh daucey. we did hear from donald trump during
lawyers was present. these fbi agents were there for hours. trump is the source of the claim that they broke into a safe. they are not corroborating that. it s something that would be consistent with what they would do if they didn t have the combination. josh, you and your washington post team have extensive reporting going back to february. you first reported that boxes that trump held at mar-a-lago, the national archives wanted returned, included and had returned 15 boxes that had been returned to the national archives, included classified documents, some classified as high as top secret. give us the back ground here. yeah. earlier this year, the national archives sent a team down to the former president s estate to retrieve materials that he took with him improperly when he left office. some of the materials were described to us as mundane, schedules, dinner menus, cocktail napkins. others were more sensitive. there were pages, according to
sanders, ken dilanian, ryan reilly and josh daucey. we did hear from donald trump during he called in to a rally for sarah palin running for election. another day in paradise. this was a strange day. you probably read about it. strange, indeed, i guess, ken dilanian, we can agree do that. we can. while president trump is talking, i would encourage him to release the search warrant, the justification the fbi gave to the judge that probable cause existed to believe evidence of a crime is present there in mar-a-lago. we believe we are told this is in part about records that donald trump took from the white house and was keeping out there at his home in mar-a-lago.