Donald Trump, former US President, owns Mar A Lago. It is the 24th largest residence in the country and the second in Florida. The former president prefers to call his home the “Winter White House”.
On August 8, 2022, surprise search warrants were executed on Trump’s property by FBI investigators. What had happened inside the mansion?
Tue A Lago Monday night
What happened at Mar A Lago on Monday night?
As part of an investigation into the management of particularly sensitive presidential documents, the FBI looked into Mar A Lago. The search appears to be primarily focused on artifacts that Trump stole from the White House.
According to CNN, the unusual decision to search the property was made due to Trump’s ongoing legal troubles on multiple fronts. The records the National Archives was looking for were relevant to the search.
Department of Justice officials have not yet expressed a desire to comment on any aspect of the search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago.
The US National Archives found secret documents at Mar-a-Lago in February 2022. The incident had been reported by them to the US Department of Justice. If someone who has custody of official documents conceals, removes, mutilates or destroys them, he is committing a crime under US law.
Trump says FBI broke into Mar A Lago and smashed its safe
The former president acknowledged that officers were on his property while he was inside Trump Tower. They even broke into my safe, he claimed.
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is now besieged, searched and occupied by a large gathering of federal officials,” Trump said in a statement. As a result, Trump said the research “was neither necessary nor appropriate” and called it an “attack.”
The former president claimed in his statement that the FBI action was backed by Democrats who “desperately” do not want him to run for re-election in 2024.
Crowds of Trump fans began arriving at Mar-a-Lago in the meantime. After claiming the FBI raided his home in Florida, they are now raising flags outside the entrance.
Mar A Lago Worth in 2022
Forbes estimates that Mar A Lago is currently worth $160 million.
It was bought by Trump in 1985 for around $10 million. According to reports, the US President made over $100 million selling the famous mansion. In the same time frame, it generated a 12 times higher return. However, the millionaire first had to spend a lot of money to make everything work.
According to Forbes, Trump spent around $3 million on his lavish furnishings. Plus, $2 million was paid for 400 feet of pristine beach right across the street.
Even then, the house was lavish. During Florida’s housing boom of the 1920s, it was built as a winter home for grain heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. The resort’s name, Mar-a-Lago, translates from Spanish to “sea to lake” and alludes to the fact that it spans Palm Beach from the vast Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway.
