FBI agents were hesitant to raid Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, according to a new report.
, the FBI was hesitant to raid the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 to recover long-sought-after sensitive materials and instead wanted Trump to voluntarily hand them over.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
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