and it takes quite a bit to remove one ahead of time. Wray has 3 years left on the term. I suppose folks wished that Hoover had been under some kind of term limit. 
When this story first broke and "aftermath" articles came out (some of which I posted back then), they were apparently in there with the search and seizure early August 2022, for at least 8 hours, and it was timed for when 45 was out of town in NYC dealing with his other "legal issues" (i.e., the case that is about to reach a final outcome in "mid-February" ).
I'll also note that when this was all done (the April/May 2022 trips and interviews and the August search/seizure), it was BEFORE Jack Smith was brought in to wrangle the various investigations to create a cohesive framework for prosecution going forward. He started as Special Counsel in November of 2022.
A couple media sources had a 2022 timeline (I know the NYT did) but here is one from ABC that is good - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/key-developments-related-fbis-mar-lago-search-timeline/story?id=88405091
(the above describes a June "visit" but IIRC, there were earlier ones)
From what it seems the current articles are suggesting is that new info has been obtained from witnesses that might not have been known back in in 2022 about "hidden rooms". Remember that Smith has access to whatever was obtained of security video footage and may have spotted something from that to use for questioning. I believe that video wasn't obtained at the initial search/seizure but came in later.
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