On Monday night, President Trump made the following inflammatory claims: "A large group of FBI agents is currently occupying, raiding, and seizing my opulent residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-A-Lago. Even worse, they broke into my safe!"

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On Monday night, President Trump made the following inflammatory claims: "A large group of FBI agents is currently occupying, raiding, and seizing my opulent residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-A-Lago. Even worse, they broke into my safe!"

Digital Desk: Federal investigators have reportedly taken records from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. This is the most recent indication that the US Justice Department's criminal investigation into his business operations is intensifying.

The sources claim that the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's residence on Monday at around 9 a.m. as part of a continuing investigation into the former president's allegedly illegal removal and destruction of White House papers after he left office last year.

The Justice Department's decision to search Mar-a-Lago in connection with the removal of 15 boxes of presidential papers from the White House, including secret documents, as well as the destruction of other materials, has significantly increased the investigation's scope.

Trump's gross violations of the 1978 Presidential Papers Act, which mandates the preservation of White House papers, have previously been the focus of an investigation. The investigation seems to suggest that Trump may now be in legal danger as a result of his record-keeping practices, though.

The legislation that prohibits the willful destruction or removal of presidential records has harsh penalties, including fines, jail time, and- most significantly- the prohibition from ever again holding any office. However, it is rarely enforced.

An official from the Justice Department declined to comment.

Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is located in Florida's Palm Beach. Picture: Marco Bello for Reuters

One of the people asserted that the former president wasn't at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the raid but rather was at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. When Trump claimed that the raid was still ongoing, the FBI had already departed the area.

Throughout his presidency, Mar-a-Lago was referred to as Trump's "winter White House." Trump and his wife Melania returned to their Florida estate after leaving Washington, and the president has since used it as the centre of his political efforts.

After a series of heartbreaking public hearings that exposed Trump and his allies' roles in the events leading up to the attack on the Capitol last year, the raid takes place as Trump is laying the framework for a future presidential bid in 2024.

Trump attempted to blame "Radical Left Democrats," who he said, "desperately don't want me to run for president in 2024... who would do everything to hurt Republicans and Conservatives in the next midterm elections," for the FBI raid by comparing it to "Watergate" in a fiery statement.

The FBI is led by Christopher Wray, who was picked by Trump before leaving office.

A source with knowledge of the probe claims that the Justice Department has been covertly considering whether to launch a criminal investigation into the topic of Trump's removal of papers since at least April.

Trump equated the FBI raid to "Watergate" in a heated statement, and he attempted to place the blame on "Radical Left Democrats," who he said, "desperately don't want me to run for president in 2024... who would do anything to hinder Republicans and Conservatives in the next midterm elections."

Christopher Wray, who was chosen by Trump before he left office, is the director of the FBI.

The crates also contain letters from Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Barack Obama, Trump's predecessor in office, and a model of Air Force One with the red, white, and blue livery that Trump chose but that the Biden administration abandoned.

In a letter to Congress at the time, then-Chief Archivist David Ferriero stated that "Nara staff has been in communication with the Department of Justice" because "Nara uncovered classified information in the boxes."

The controversy also prompted the House oversight committee, chaired by Carolyn Maloney, to open a second investigation and declare that "removing or hiding official records is a criminal offense." The Democrat from New York claimed that Trump has to be held responsible.

Republican concerns that the former president is unfairly being singled out for criticism are sure to be strengthened by the material, which is expected to infuriate Trump supporters. According to the Palm Beach Post, a small gathering of Trump supporters gathered in front of Mar-a-Lago on Monday night as the news broke.