Republicans dust off familiar playbook to weaponise Mar-a-Lago FBI search
Jupiter resident Kathy Luksch, right, stands with others gathered to support former President Donald Trump on South Ocean Boulevard near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Picture: Andres Leiva/The Palm Beach Post via AP
A bitterly polarised reaction to an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday threatened to enflame America’s political divisions.
The former president said agents “raided” his Florida resort and broke into his safe, a stunning turn of events apparently linked to a justice department investigation of his removal of official presidential records.
