The Washington Post reported that FBI agents found at the residence of former US President Donald Trump in Florida a document describing the military defenses of a foreign government, including its nuclear capabilities.
The newspaper report - which cited informed sources - did not specify the foreign government mentioned in the secret document, and did not indicate whether that government was friendly or hostile to the United States.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment, and representatives for Trump and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment.
In August, former President Trump responded to a Washington Post report that FBI agents were looking for documents linked to nuclear weapons when they searched his Florida home this week.
"hoax case"
"The issue of nuclear weapons is a hoax," Trump said on his new social media platform, Truth Social, last August, adding that like the controversy over Russia (alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election) and his accountability. twice, and the investigation by Detective Robert Mueller into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The FBI had found more than 11,000 government documents and photos during the August 8 raid of Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago, according to US judicial records.
According to the Washington Post report, some of the classified documents that were found detail top-secret US operations that require special permits and not just a top-secret permit.
The newspaper said that some of the documents are classified so secretly that even some senior national security officials in the administration of incumbent President Joe Biden have not been authorized to review them.
Sources close to the investigations into the documents found at Trump's residence said that only President Joe Biden and some members of his administration had the authority to allow other government officials to see the details of those documents that Trump took with him after he left the White House on Biden's inauguration in January 2021.
The judicial path
On Monday, an American judge approved Trump's request to appoint a "special supervisor" to independently review documents seized by FBI agents during the raid on his Florida residence, and some US intelligence agencies continue to assess the damage that may have been caused by taking those documents that were classified Some of them are top secret from government custody.
The former US president criticized the search of his residence, describing it as shameful and political revenge, and said a few days ago that the inspection constitutes "a blatant example of the real threats that affect the freedom of Americans, and one of the most horrific abuses of power by any administration in American history."