The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is being seen as part of the ongoing Russiagate conspiracy theory, with accusations of government corruption and a cover-up of crimes committed by the FBI and Department of Justice since 2016.

Senator Ron Wyden, who comes from a Jewish family that fled Nazi Germany, has been making a name for himself as a critic of President Obama's surveillance programs, questioning the administration's claims about the extent of spying on Americans.