FBI agents, on August 8, seized boxes with documents classified as confidential taken by Trump when he left the presidency and should have been returned to the government, even after several warnings.
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What was recovered from Trump's house?
The document states that 15 boxes with confidential records were removed which Trump kept in his mansion until January of this year. They were mixed with newspapers, magazines, news articles, among others.
Federal investigators wrote that there were “184 unique documents with classification markings, including 67 documents marked classified, 92 documents marked secret, and 25 documents marked top secret.”
“The most significant concern was that only highly confidential records were unfolded, mixed with other records and inappropriately identified,” the court order says.
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Trump and the Espionage Act
The warrant for the operation at the former president's home cites three criminal statutes, including the Espionage Act. It makes it a crime to illegally obtain or retain national security information.
Trump, who is considering running for president again in 2024, strongly denounced the FBI operation.
“These political thugs had no right under the Presidential Records Act to break into Mar-a-Lago and steal everything in sight, including passports and privileged documents,” Trump said on social media this Friday.
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Visit here the document, in English, released by the US Department of Justice.
(With information from AFP)
