The US Department of Justice is under pressure to provide a fuller explanation of the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate after the unprecedented raid on a former US president’s home prompted howls of outrage from Republicans.
By midday on Tuesday, the Justice Department and FBI had yet to comment on the search of Mar-a-Lago, which was carried out a day earlier by what Trump described as a “large group” of federal agents. FBI searches must be approved by a federal judge.
The move has sparked a backlash from Republicans, who portrayed it as a politically motivated attack on someone who has repeatedly raised the prospect of trying to win back the White House in 2024.