A search warrant for former US President Donald Trump, after declassifying authorities, revealed today, Friday, that FBI agents confiscated 11 sets of classified documents, including documents that were classified as highly classified, following a search of Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago, state. Florida last Monday.
Reuters reported that a US federal judge has ordered the release of a search warrant for the former president's home, which reveals an investigation into a possible violation of the Espionage and Obstruction of Justice Act.
In turn, The Wall Street Journal, citing documents it had seen, said that during the search operation, which took place last Monday, the FBI took about 20 boxes of documents, folders of photos, a handwritten note, and an executive order. Using clemency with Trump ally Roger Stone.
She added that the confiscated documents also contained information about the "President of France".
The American newspaper pointed out that the documents confiscated from the home of the former Republican president were supposed to be present only in government offices.
And the American "Fox News" network today quoted documents it had seen that the search warrant on which the Trump home was searched allowed investigators to seize documents and records that constitute evidence of illegal possession of materials.
The Washington Post had confirmed that FBI agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons when they searched Trump's home, noting that it was not clear whether they found these documents.
However, the former president denied the newspaper's report on the supposed documents related to nuclear weapons, writing on his "Truth Social" platform that "the nuclear weapons issue is a hoax."
The purpose of the inspection was to verify whether he had illegally removed records from the White House while leaving office.
And last Wednesday, Trump appeared before New York Attorney General Leticia James, who had opened in 2019 a civil investigation, including him and his daughter Ivanka and his son Donald Jr. The former president said that he had refrained under the constitution from answering the attorney general's questions.
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And US Department of Justice records showed today that the former US president's lawyers told the government that Trump would not object to declassifying the search warrant.
For his part, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said that his department has submitted a request to declassify the search warrant for Trump's home.
Garland added that the search, which took place last Monday, was in the presence of Trump's lawyer, who received a copy of the memo.
After a search of his home and summoned for investigation, Trump considered that he was being subjected to political persecution, accusing President Joe Biden of knowing that the FBI had raided his headquarters in Florida.
The unprecedented search at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, represents a significant escalation in one of the many investigations Trump has faced since his time in office and in his private business.