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Republicans are split in their support for Trump after the raid on Mar-a-Lago, US media report. Moderate Republicans fear for what the FBI has found

In the first few days after the controversial raid, there was no end to the bombast in the Trump world.

- This is war, for example, said the conservative web media The Gateway Pundit.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a highly controversial Republican congresswoman, called for the attorney general to be impeached and for cuts to the FBI's budget.

While a Republican senator compared the FBI to the Gestapo.

But according to Monday's front page of the New York Times, 'deep cracks' have appeared in the Republican bulwark against the FBI and support for Donald Trump. Some Republican governors have been outspoken in their criticism of the party's attacks on the FBI.

- That worries me a lot. It's outrageous rhetoric," Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan told ABC News on Sunday.

- These are Republicans who have previously been small-minded or outright opposed to Trump.

- They represent a segment of Republican politicians who don't necessarily back Trump anymore. There have been more of them since the storm in Congress

Republicans must support the FBI
Several moderate Republicans were in the press Sunday with somewhat more muted reports than we've heard in recent days.

- If Republicans want to be the party that supports law enforcement, that includes supporting the FBI, said Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson.

The Mar-a-Lago raid took place on Monday 08 August. The FBI was looking for documents belonging to state archives. Documents that may not be in Trump's possession.

Attorney General Merrick Garland had even approved asking a judge for the search warrant. The judge found that there was "probable cause" - presumed suspicion - for possible crimes.

The crimes involved possible breaches of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and illegal handling of government documents.

Among other things, the FBI found several top-secret documents that may contain information about US national security. According to the Washington Post newspaper, the documents included information on nuclear weapons.

A gunman was shot and killed by police on Thursday after trying to break into an FBI building in Ohio. The FBI has warned of a marked increase in threats against its employees since they raided Trump's home.

Varying explanations
According to the New York Times, moderate Republicans fear that more incriminating evidence may come out as the background to the raid emerges. Trump and his allies' many shifting explanations should also give the middle-seeking Republicans sweat on their brows.

First, the former president said he was cooperating with the FBI, which had illegally raided his home. But when it turned out they had found 11 boxes of classified material, Trump claimed the FBI had planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago.

A conspiracy theory that has since been advanced by both Republican politicians and conservative media.

According to the New York Times, a Trump lawyer had already signed off in June that all documents had been returned.

Trump's office has argued that Trump had released the confidential documents for publication and that the president always has the right to do so. Which is strongly disputed by legal experts.

On Sunday, the Trump world changed its argument again. Perhaps the documents were previously classified. But they probably aren't anymore, it said.

Despite the recent rifts among some Republicans, many analysts believe Trump has still won on the FBI's controversial search. He can play the victim card and say that "the deep state" is behind a plot against him.

Several US commentators have speculated that Trump will use it as a springboard to announce he is running for president in 2024.

- Trump has maintained the position of strength internally within the party and fired up loyal supporters. But I don't think Trump has brought new voters into the fold and he still needs to.

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