But after media organizations sued to make it public U.S. The department had sought to keep the affidavit secret. An additional six pages of documents were released with it. Most pages had at least some portions blacked out. The 32-page affidavit, a sworn statement outlining evidence that gave the Justice Department probable cause to ask a judge to approve a search warrant, was heavily redacted at the department's request. intelligence-gathering, the affidavit showed, as well as details on how the nation conducts foreign surveillance and information it collected using a law that established the U.S. Other defense-related records Trump had returned contained references to topics including "clandestine human sources" who help U.S. "There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises," the agent added. The agent who drafted the affidavit wrote that after the FBI reviewed the materials Trump returned in January to the National Archives - the agency responsible for preserving government records - it had probable cause to believe more documents were still inside Mar-a-Lago. The search was a significant escalation of one of several federal and state investigations Trump is facing involving his time in office and in private business. Trump, a Republican who is considering another presidential run in 2024, has described the court-approved search at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach as politically motivated, and on Friday again described it as a "break-in."ĭocuments released with the affidavit revealed that "a significant number of civilian witnesses" knowledgeable about Trump's actions after leaving office were helping the probe, a rare disclosure. The search was part of a federal investigation into whether Trump illegally removed and kept documents when he left office in January 2021 after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden and whether Trump tried to obstruct the probe.
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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Register Other records in those boxes, according to the affidavit, bore handwritten notes by Trump. In the affidavit, an unidentified FBI agent said the agency reviewed and identified 184 documents "bearing classification markings" containing "national defense information" after Trump in January returned 15 boxes of government records sought by the U.S. 8 search of Trump's Florida residence in which agents seized 11 sets of classified records including some labeled "top secret" as documents that could gravely threaten national security if exposed. The department released a heavily redacted affidavit that underpinned the FBI's extraordinary Aug. Justice Department on Friday disclosed that it was investigating former President Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he illegally held documents including some involving intelligence-gathering and clandestine human sources - among America's most closely held secrets. Redacted affidavit was released after media outlets sued.Document cites 184 classified documents Trump earlier held.
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