I find it particularly amusing that many on the right seem so offended by the fact that the FBI agents were armed during the raid. I mean, holy 2nd amendment Batman, when do law enforcement ever go anywhere in this country unarmed?
As to Trump not being there...of course he wasn't there. He's got 24/7 Secret Service protection. That would mean the FBI having to notify SS ahead time and NO ONE knew about this happening except for a select few. Plus, you've got the fact that some of his SS detail when he was president quit the agency and now work for him. That means there would have been a decent chance of a current agent giving a heads up to his buddy a former agent about the raid, giving anyone a chance to destroy or move the items they after. Why the hell would the FBI do ANYTHING if he was there?