A US court in Florida has approved a search warrant to raid former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Miami.
A US district judge has approved a search warrant allowing the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s property.
The unprecedented search of the warrant came after the attorney general said there was a significant public interest in disclosing the warrant.
He also released details of documents seized from Trump’s home, some of which were classified as “top secret.”
The search warrant, the details of which were approved by a US federal judge, said the attorney general had evidence that Trump may have violated the Anti-Espionage Act, which prohibits the acquisition or transfer of information related to national defense. as well as other laws related to the handling of government records
The memo added that Trump may have violated laws related to counter-espionage and government records.
FBI agents seized 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s property in Monday’s raid, court documents show.
Prosecutors have evidence that Trump may have violated the Espionage Act, which prohibits the acquisition or transfer of national defense information.
Prosecutors also believe Trump may have violated government records laws that criminalize attempts to conceal or destroy them by keeping sensitive presidential documents.
Court documents did not provide details about the documents or the information they may contain, but press sources said FBI agents who searched the home seized about 20 boxes of documents, folders of photographs, a handwritten note and an executive order for Rodger’s pardon. Stone, a Trump ally.
These sources stated that this list also contains information about the French president.
Trump had supported the release of the memo and his lawyers had no objection to it.
Trump said the seized documents were declassified and would turn them over to the Justice Department if requested, but it was unclear whether the documents were actually declassified.
Trump also denied a US newspaper report that FBI agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons, calling it a hoax.
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