The US Department of Justice today released the affidavit detailing the reasons for the FBI’s recent search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, where hundreds of classified documents were found and seized.
A large portion of this 38-page document has been redacted so as not to reveal the identities of individuals involved in the investigation
Federal Judge Bruce Rinehart ordered the Justice Department to release the warrant, citing public interest in this unprecedented search of a former president’s home. At the same time, however, the judge accepted the ministry’s request to delete entire paragraphs of the document in order to protect the ongoing investigation.
The ministry waited until the last minute, at 12:00 noon Washington time, to release the warrant.
On August 8, the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Boxes of classified documents were seized that the Republican former president did not hand over after leaving the White House, despite repeated requests.
Entire paragraphs have been deleted on 23 of the document’s 38 pages.
According to the warrant, an unnamed FBI agent said the National Archives discovered “classified documents” containing “defense information” when they took 15 boxes from Mar-al-Lago in January. He added that the Justice Department has reason to believe there are other such records in Trump’s home that were not returned to the government.
After the Mar-a-Lago search, federal agents took more than 20 boxes of documents, some marked “top secret.”
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