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FBI raid galvanized Trump’s base but federal probe threatens to hobble his third White House run

The old Trump magic: Then-Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is seen here on the campaign trail during his first bid for the White House, on Oct. 20, 2015. (AP Photo, FIle)

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PALM BEACH, Fla. — The FBI’s surprise search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home stirred up a hornet’s nest of anger among his loyal base, who are more determined than ever to help Mr. Trump win a second term in the White House.

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Taliban fighters stand guard in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Tomihiro Tanaka, the President of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification attends a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka denied any “political interference” with specific political parties and said Prime Minister Kishida’s call for his party members to distance themselves from the church was “regrettable.” Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday in an apparent bid to distance his administration from the Unification Church, whose ties to the assassinated leader Shinzo Abe and senior ruling party leadership caused a major drop in approval ratings. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an air force pilot from the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) looks as pilots conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Wang Xinchao/Xinhua via AP)

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Danielle Robinson, wife of Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson, who died of cancer two years ago, speaks as her daughter Brielle Robinson and President Joe Biden listen during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Washington. During the event Biden signed veterans health care legislation that ends a long battle to expand benefits for people who served near burn pits. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Danielle Robinson, wife of Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson, who died of cancer two years ago, speaks as her daughter Brielle Robinson and President Joe Biden listen during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Washington. During the event Biden signed veterans health care legislation that ends a long battle to expand benefits for people who served near burn pits. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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