But Mar-a-Lago is not authorized to store secret documents, the affidavit notes. The FBI’s reasoning for believing documents remained at Mar-a-Lago is not explained in the unredacted portions of the document.
Some of those classified records were mixed with other documents, including newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous print-outs, the affidavit says, citing a letter from the Archives. The agent who wrote the affidavit also believed there was probable cause to believe they would find evidence at Mar-a-Lago that the former president or his lawyers tried to obstruct the investigation.Īmong the documents returned to the National Archives in January were 167 marked classified, 25 designated top secret and some that included information gathered from human intelligence sources, or informants, whose identities are typically protected. The affidavit says there was probable cause to believe documents containing sensitive national defense information or that should be in the custody of the National Archives remained at the property. The FBI, according to the document, was investigating, among other things, how the classified documents were removed from the White House or other locations, whether any additional classified documents may have been stored in unauthorized locations at Mar-a-Lago, whether any remained there and who might have removed or retained the information. It confirms previous reporting that the FBI opened the probe after Trump in January returned 15 boxes of documents stored at Mar-a-Lago to the National Archives. The affidavit, written by an FBI special agent with personal knowledge of the documents taken to Mar-a-Lago, says the investigation involves the “improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records.” On his Truth Social platform shortly after the affidavit was unsealed, Trump blasted Judge Bruce Reinhart for approving the search warrantįollowing a judge’s order, the Justice Department released the document used by federal agents to justify the search earlier this month of Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida, resort that serves as both Trump’s residence and a private club.The affidavit, written by an FBI special agent with personal knowledge of the classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago, says the investigation involves the “improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful concealment or removal of government records".Following a judge’s order, the Justice Department released the document used by federal agents to justify the search earlier this month of Mar-a-Lago.The FBI believed there was probable cause agents would find classified documents and evidence of obstruction of justice in a search of former President Donald Trump’s home, according to a heavily redacted affidavit unsealed Friday.
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