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- FBI agents raided President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8, 2022, seizing over 100 secret or top-secret documents.
- FBI Director Christopher Wray secured Attorney General Merrick Garland’s March 2022 sign-off to open the “Investigative Matter” probe.
- Field Office agents monitored White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ cellphone February-May 2023, logging calls with two dozen Trump-related contacts.
- White House spokesperson Lauren Bis called the surveillance a “disgraceful abuse of power” and demanded accountability.