Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret level, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday.
explaining the justification for this month’s search of the property.
“The government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records,” an FBI agent wrote on the first page of the affidavit in seeking a judge’s permission for a warrant to search the property.
Here is the full, partly redacted version of the affidavit that federal investigators used to obtain a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida residence.
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