FBI agents recovered documents marked "top secret" during the
search of Donald Trump's Florida estate,
US media reported Friday, as justice
officials were poised to make public the warrant authorizing the extraordinary
raid on the home of the ex-president.
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The Wall Street Journal said FBI agents removed 11 sets of classified
documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in the raid, which ignited a political
firestorm in an already bitterly divided country.
The newspaper said some of the documents were marked "top secret"
and were "meant to be only available in special government
facilities." It said a list of items removed included information about
the "President of France."
The Journal said the list was contained in a seven-page document that also
includes the warrant to search the palatial Trump estate in Palm Beach.
The Justice Department has asked a Florida judge to unseal the search
warrant on Friday barring objections from Trump, who is weighing another White
House run in 2024.
The 76-year-old Trump said he would not block the release of the warrant
while complaining that he was the victim of "unprecedented political
weaponization of law enforcement" by "radical left Democrats."
Trump and his lawyers have actually had a copy of the search warrant and the
receipt listing the property seized by FBI agents for days and they could
have revealed the contents previously themselves.
The Wall Street Journal said FBI agents carted away around 20 boxes of items
including binders of photos, a handwritten note and the grant of clemency made
by Trump to Roger Stone, an ally of the former president.
The Washington Post on Thursday cited anonymous sources close to the
investigation as saying classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were
among the papers sought by FBI agents during the raid.
Trump himself appeared to deny the claim, posting that the "nuclear weapons
issue is a hoax" and even suggesting that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation might have been "planting information" at his home.
- 'Personally
approved' -
The highly unusual move to unseal the search warrant was announced by
Attorney General Merrick Garland -- the country's top law enforcement officer
-- who said he had "personally approved" the raid on Trump's home.
Garland said he had asked a Florida judge to unseal the warrant because of
"substantial public interest in this matter," and he gave Trump and
his legal team until 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) Friday to oppose the motion.
Leading Republicans have rallied around Trump and some members of his party
have accused the Justice Department and FBI of partisanship in targeting the
ex-president.
In an attack that appeared to be a direct response to the FBI search of
Mar-a-Lago, an armed man tried to storm an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, on
Thursday.
The assailant, who was shot dead by police after exchanges of gunfire and an
hours-long standoff, reportedly posted on Trump's Truth Social platform that he
hoped his actions would serve as a "call to arms."
Garland on Thursday criticized what he called "unfounded attacks"
on the FBI and Justice Department while FBI Director Christopher Wray, a Trump
appointee, denounced "violence and threats against law
enforcement."
The Justice Department typically does not confirm or deny whether it is
investigating someone, and Garland took pains to emphasize the law was being
applied fairly to Trump.
In a statement on Thursday, Trump said his attorneys had been
"cooperating fully" and "the government could have had whatever
they wanted, if we had it."
In addition to investigations into his business practices, Trump faces legal
scrutiny for his efforts to overturn the results of the November 2020 election,
and for the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
Trump was impeached for a historic second time by the House after the
Capitol riot -- he was charged with inciting an insurrection -- but was
acquitted by the Senate.
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