The National Archives and Records Administration announced it was investigating the former president's removal of documents from the White House at the beginning of this year.
The NARA then referred the case to the US Justice Department to probe whether Mr Trump's unauthorised handling of the documents amounts to a violation of federal law.Passed by Congress in wake of the 1972 Watergate Scandal, it dictates that presidential documents are not the then-president's property and should be handed over to the NARA when they leave office to be then made public 12 years later.
The case is ongoing and while the FBI has not issued a statement in relation to Monday's raid, people close to the case have said that was the focus of it. In a lengthy statement published online, the former president said his home was"under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents".
As a result, he described the search as"not necessary or appropriate","prosecutorial misconduct", the"weaponization of the justice system" and"an attack by radical Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for president in 2024". More of his conduct while in office has been laid bare by the House of Representatives Committee investigating the 6 January insurrection.
The FBI has not commented on the raid, with senior officials instead describing it as an"orderly execution of a search warrant".Ordinarily a sworn affidavit is given to the FBI agents on any given case, which is then considered by a judge.
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