The F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home

<p>On Monday, federal agents descended on Mar-a-Lago, the private club and Florida home of former President Donald J. Trump, reportedly looking for classified documents and presidential papers.</p><p>Trump supporters expressed outrage about the agency’s actions, while many Democrats reacted with glee. But what do we know about the search, and what comes next?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman?smid=pc-thedaily">Maggie Haberman</a>, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The search at Mar-a-Lago was<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/politics/fbi-search-trump.html"> the culmination of a lengthy conflict</a> between a president proud of his disdain for rules and officials charged with protecting the nation’s records and secrets.</li><li>Experts say that the Justice Department would have carefully weighed the decision to carry out the search, suggesting that the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-search-politics.html"> investigation is serious and fairly advanced</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/politics/trump-classified-records-timeline.html">Here is the timeline</a> leading up to the search.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>