crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. such an assault would only take place in broken third world countries. they even broke into my safe. cnn has learned donald trump was not in florida when the fbi closed in on his home. he was at trump tower here in new york city. i am joined now by cnn political analyst matt haberman, a cnn political correspondent for the new york times, and author of the up
airtime we have assembled a team of correspondents and experts to tell you what is known, but it could mean, and where it may lead. cnn s kaitlan collins starts us off. caitlin what are you learning about this fbi operation? john, it s a remarkable development with the former president himself confirming that the fbi has executed a search warrant on his home in palm beach, florida today. he said in a statement that his beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, which became s primary residence after he left the white house is, quote, currently under siege, rated and not occupied by a large number of fbi agents. he says after working in cooperating with the relevant government agencies, the sun announced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. he adds, quote, they even broke into my safe and he compared it to water gate or worse than water gain and maintains it s an effort to stop him from running for president in 2024. we should note we have now learned this search
florida has been search by the fbi. trump confirmed that himself tonight. three sources tell or sara murray and kristen holmes it was related to the handling of presidential documents including classified documents, those documents may have been brought to mar-a-lago when donald trump left the white house. house. in order to get a search warrant, prosecutors have to establish probable cause. at that a crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about. it former president trump, has already blasted the move claiming as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight he says quote, these are dark times for our nation, as our beautiful home mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is under siege. rated in occupied by a large group of fbi. agents nothing like this has ever happened to a president of united states before. after working at cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home, was
has warned that the ugs ares still do want to get involved in the systems here in the united states. donie o sullivan thank you so much for your reporting. terrific analysis. all right. a lot going on, especially with the breaking news out of mar-a-lago, the fbi conducting a search operation there. the news continues, so let s hand it over to sara sidner and hand it over to sara sidner and cnn tonight. captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m sara sidner, and this is cnn tonight on a very big news night. former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home in florida has been searched by the fbi. trump confirmed it himself tonight. three sources tell our sara murray and kristen holmes it was related to the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents. those documents may have been brought to mar-a-lago when donald trump left the white house. in order to get a search warrant like this, prosecutors have establish probable cause that a
sides of seeing them after the 2016 election here, playing fire far left. you saw them targeting a liberation group in st. louis and florida. also according to the indictment. they say the russians were promoting a california succession movement. a group that is promoted for california to lead the united states. it s all very much typical of the russian playbook. but as you can see there has real impact, real effect in the united states. and to be clear, homeland security, fbi, everyone is warning that the russians still do want to get involved in the system in the united states. daniel sullivan, thank you so much for your reporting. terrific,. great analysis. a lot going on especially with the breaking news at the mar-a-lago, the fbi conducting a search operation there. the news continues, so let s hand it over to serve sidner. i m sorry sign. this is cnn tonight out of a big news night. the former president, donald trump s, our live go home in