White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said President Biden had not been notified in advance about the FBI search of former President Trump’s Florida home as she sidestepped questions about the raid.
“The president learned about this just like you all did — through the public reports and we learned about this just like the American people did,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said of the raid. “We did not know about this and we had not been briefed. We learned about this as you all were reporting it.”
FBI agents searched Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, seizing documents in the most significant law enforcement action ever taken against a former president.