FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents in Trump Mar-a-Lago raid: report

Published : August 13, 2022 , 12:04 am

The FBI reportedly recovered 11 sets of classified documents in the raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

WASHINGTON, Broadcasting News Corporation : The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents — including some marked top secret and only meant to be available in special government facilities — from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate following its raid earlier this week, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal, citing a leaked inventory of what was taken from the Palm Beach resort, reported that agents removed around 20 boxes as well as a handwritten note, binders of photos, and Trump’s clemency grant to his longtime adviser Roger Stone. Among the classified materials collected were four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three of confidential documents, according to the three-page list. Top Secret is the highest level of classification the US government can give information, followed by secret and confidential. One set was marked “Various classified/TS/SCI documents,” which is the abbreviation for top secret/sensitive compartmented information, while the list of what was taken also included information related to the “President of France” The inventory did not include any more detail about what each document contained, according to the Journal. A federal magistrate judge had given the 45th president’s legal team until 3 p.m. Friday to respond to a DOJ motion to unseal the inventory, known as a “property receipt,” as well as the search warrant that was executed Monday. Trump’s lawyers have argued the former president used his power to declassify the now-seized material before he left the White House. The Washington Post reported late Thursday that the feds were looking for “classified documents relating to nuclear weapons” during the raid, though it is not clear whether such documents were recovered by the bureau. “Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more,” Trump raged on his Truth Social platform. News collected from NEW YORK POST.