The impetus for the raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Monday was largely based on a confidential informant, according to a report.

A confidential source identified classified materials that were still stored at Mar-a-Lago, and the FBI intentionally opted to execute a search warrant of the property while Trump was away from the resort, two officials told Newsweek.

“They were seeking to avoid any media circus,” one of the sources said. “So even though everything made sense bureaucratically and the FBI feared that the documents might be destroyed, they also created the very firestorm they sought to avoid in ignoring the fallout.”

Officials began mulling the search weeks ago and eyed Trump’s schedule before the raid, per the report. Trump was in Trump Tower in New York City on Monday evening, according to a CNN reporter.