Dogged source work gave AP a significant scoop on a closely watched Justice Department investigation, revealing that the inquiry had expanded to include the FBI’s 2022 search of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents.
The scoop grew out of Justice Department reporters’ sustained cultivation of sources and regular calls about the investigation. When one source alerted Eric Tucker to the interview requests, he and Alanna Durkin Richer moved quickly to confirm the information with additional sources, allowing AP to break news on a story being aggressively pursued by news organizations across Washington.
Their important exclusive revealed a new dimension of a closely watched federal investigation.
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