The justice department has made an affidavit available to the public. It includes supporting documentation for the raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago residence. This paper, in its complete form, details exactly what the FBI believes was concealed at Mar-a-Lago and what crimes may have been committed.
These documents are typically held behind closed doors, but they were provided to a judge in order to support their request to search Mar-a-Lago.
Prior to the search on August 8, the FBI was able to gather records from Trump’s Florida home that included signals intelligence, intercepts under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and human source intelligence.
Trump’s handwritten comments were found in a number of those closely guarded documents, according to the affidavit outlining the Justice Department inquiry, which has been partially redacted.
Agents discovered 184 distinct documents in those boxes, 25 of which were classified as “top secret,” 92 as “secret,” and 67 as “confidential,” the lowest level of national security classification.
The latest phase in a fast-moving legal process that poses a serious threat to the former president is the partial publication of the heavily redacted affidavit and related court documents.
It is unprecedented in nature, according to experts. The scenario presented was extraordinary, according to a classified information expert who managed similar issues across the country, and it implied that important national secrets are at risk.