According to the US Department of Justice, the FBI seized top-secret documents during a raid on the property of former US President Donald Trump. The department also said it suspects Trump has violated the Espionage Act.
According to a recently released FBI list, investigators found a batch of Top Secret/SCI documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, which are top secret and can only be viewed in special government facilities. Four sentences were classified as „top secret,” three more as „confidential,” and the remaining three as „confidential.” The Washington Post She reported that the FBI was also looking for classified documents on nuclear weapons.
According to the list, investigators also confiscated several funds, a pardon for Trump’s confidant Roger Stone, unspecified information about the „President of France” and two photo albums. The newspapers published now say nothing about the content of the documents.
Trump was before Publication of the inspection order agreed. The former president of the social network Truth Social, which he co-founded, wrote that all confiscated documents have been released, which means that confidentiality has been lifted.
According to CNN, the US Department of Justice is also investigating suspected obstruction of justice Criminal handling of government records. Trump could theoretically face up to 20 years in prison for obstruction of justice alone. US Attorney Merrick Garland confirmed Thursday that the presumption of innocence applies.
The US National Archives disagrees with Trump
After Trump’s raid in Florida, law enforcement officials have at times come under fire. Concerns about violent attacks have also grown. „Violence against law enforcement is not a solution — no matter who gets angry or who,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska. Trump has been highly critical of the operation and has accused the government of his successor, Joe Biden, of misusing the FBI for political purposes.
The US National Archives has since rejected Trump’s allegations that his predecessor Barack Obama kept classified documents after his departure. In accordance with legal requirements, the government organization said, after Obama left office in 2017, the National Archives „taken over the exclusive legal and physical custody of Obama’s presidential records.” About 30 million pages of unclassified documents were kept in the Chicago area. The confidential information will be kept in Washington.