search in a statement after the story first broke, writing, in part, after working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. they even broke into my safe. a top republicans are rushing to condemn the move, which was likely approved by the leaders of the justice department, including christopher wray, the fbi director who was appointed by former president trump. now, we ve got this story covered from florida and washington. cnn s gabby orr has more on what led to the warrant and we re going to begin, though, with cnn s leyla santiago near mar-a-lago. so, give us the details, first, of the search of trump s home. reporter: right, well, it s been more than 24 hours now, victor, since that execution of that search warrant by the fbi. right behind me, right at mar-a-lago. the primary residence of the former president, donald trump. so, here s what we know, and there s a lot we don t know, but let s
search of donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. it s the first time in american history the bureau has searched the home of a former president. sources say agents removed boxes of items and trump s attorney confirmed papers were taken. cnn has learned the warrant is tied to an investigation about how presidential documents were handled, including ones that were deemed classified. the former president, while at trump tower in new york, confirmed the fbi was in his home and he says broke into his safe. top republicans are rallying behind the former president after the search, which likely was approved by leaders of the justice department, including trump appointed director of the fbi christopher wray. joining us now, cnn s gabby orr, and katelyn polantz, unprecedented, as we said, what do we know about the search. this was a search that began in the morning yesterday, and as far as we know lasted quite some time. law enforcement went in to mar-a-lago. they were focused on trump s
I think that s why she s hung in for so long. i too am a fan. i m going to keep hope alive that maybe perhaps that will happen. what we re watching right now, is her struggling with it too. she s not making this decision lightly. she is struggling with the choice of choosing family as she so eloquently said over her tennis resume, and as a woman, it s unfortunate she has to do that. you called her the greatest of all time, the greatest athletes of all time, not the greatest female athletes but greatest athletes of all time. so apropos. you don t have to add qualifiers, she s one of the greatest of all time. kari champion, i thank you for a couple of minutes. thanks. top of a brand new hour here on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. questions are growing. the party lines are widening after the fbi s unprecedented