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search in a statement after the story first broke, writing, in part, after working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. they even broke into my safe. a top republicans are rushing to condemn the move, which was likely approved by the leaders of the justice department, including christopher wray, the fbi director who was appointed by former president trump. now, we ve got this story covered from florida and washington. cnn s gabby orr has more on what led to the warrant and we re going to begin, though, with cnn s leyla santiago near mar-a-lago. so, give us the details, first, of the search of trump s home. reporter: right, well, it s been more than 24 hours now, victor, since that execution of that search warrant by the fbi. right behind me, right at mar-a-lago. the primary residence of the former president, donald trump. so, here s what we know, and there s a lot we don t know, but ....
Here. last night, hours after the president himself announced that the fbi was here at mar-a-lago, we started to see supporters coming out, waving those flags, caravans of trucks with trump flags, american flags, some choice words for president biden, seen out here, so this really speaks to not only what happened within the walls of mar-a-lago but the impact this is having on his base. this is a move that is absolutely going to rile up his base, because we are already seeing it here, victor. leyla santiago there. let s go to gabby now. walk us through the broader story here. what led up to this execution of the warrant at mar-a-lago. reporter: well, victor, there s a helpful timeline that breaks this down, and if you can believe it, this actually goes back to may of 2021 when the national archives and records administration first reached out to former president donald trump ....