FBI seized national security documents from Mar-a-Lago in JUNE with a grand jury subpoena – and Monday’s raid was based on ‘witness claims’ there were still sensitive files at Trump’s estate

  • The FBI seized documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with a grand jury subpoena – suggesting the probe had escalated months before Monday’s raid 
  • Just The News reported the existence of the grand jury subpoena Thursday
  • The feds had come to Mar-a-Lago to ‘pick up a small number of documents compliant with the subpoena,’ Just The News reported
  • The subpoena covered any remaining documents Trump possessed with classified markings 
  • ‘Even if they involved photos of foreign leaders, correspondence or mementos from his presidency,’ Just The News said
  • The FBI returned Monday because investigators developed evidence – including from at least one witness – that more classified material remained  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had seized documents from Mar-a-Lago in June with a grand jury subpoena – suggesting the probe had escalated months before Monday’s raid.

Just the News reported the existence of the subpoena Thursday, reporting that the feds had come to the Florida home of former President Donald Trump to ‘pick up a small number of documents compliant with the subpoena.’

CNN reported Thursday that the FBI returnd to Mar-a-Lago Monday because investigators had developed evidence – including from at least one witness – that suggested more classified documents remained.

Reports about the June 3 meeting suggest it was cordial.

‘I appreciate the job you’re doing,’ Trump told officials, according to reporting Wednesday night from The Wall Street Journal. ‘Anything you need, let us know.’

Just The News said that the ex-president surprised the DOJ National Security Division prosecutor and three FBI agents who had come to his Florida home and private club.

The officials arrived around lunchtime, to discuss boxes of government records that were sitting in a basement storage room surrounded by ‘suits, sweaters and golf shoes,’ the Journal said.

The subpoena covered any remaining documents Trump possessed with classified markings – ‘even if they involved photos of foreign leaders, correspondence or mementos from his presidency,’ Just The News said.

Trump greeted the officials and they asked if they could search the 6-foot-by-10-foot storage room.

With Trump green-lighting the search, Trump’s lawyers also agreed to it, Just The News said, and the prosecutor and agents went through his things.

The Secret Service was also present.

Several days later, the FBI sent a note asking that a stronger lock be installed on the door to the storage room.

‘Thank you. Very truly yours, Jay Bratt, chief of counterintelligence and export control section,’ the note was signed, the Journal reported.

The Trump Organization also received a request for surveillance video footage covering the locker, Just The News reported.

This week’s raid, however, prompted outrage from Trump and his GOP allies.

It marks the first time in U.S. history the home of a former president has been raided.