The FBI’s Aug. 8 raid of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was aimed at finding evidence related to the ongoing probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that Democrats want to blame on Mr. Trump ahead of the 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential election.
That’s the viewpoint of former intelligence and federal law enforcement officials who say they aren’t buying the claims by anonymous Justice Department sources that the 30 FBI agents who scoured the Trump residence, including Melania Trump’s clothing closet, were merely seeking boxes of classified documents that should have been turned over to the National Archives when Mr.