(CNN) – The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at donald trumpMar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought to Florida, three people familiar with the situation said.
Trump confirmed that FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago and said they “even broke into my safe.”
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” he said in a statement Monday evening.
The former president was not in Florida at the time the search warrant was executed.
The search began early Monday morning and law enforcement personnel appeared to be focused on the area of the club where Trump’s offices and personal quarters are located, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department declined to comment to CNN, as did the White House. A White House official said he had not been notified of the search.
CNN has reached out to the FBI for comment.
The Justice Department has two known active investigations into the former president, one into the effort to overturn the 2020 and January 6, 2021 presidential elections, and the other into the handling of classified documents.
The National Archives, which collects and sorts presidential material, has previously said at least 15 boxes of White House records were recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, including some that were classified.
In April and May, the FBI interviewed Trump aides at Mar-a-Lago as part of the investigation into the handling of presidential records, according to a source familiar with the matter.
