Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 9 August 2022

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1. FBI raid Trump’s home

Donald Trump said his Florida home was “raided” by the FBI and that agents broke open a 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,” the former US president said in a statement. Sources told CNN that the raid was held as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there. If Trump did move classified documents from the White House to Florida he may have broken federal law.

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