Warrant used to search Trump’s home alleges concealing of evidence, other crimes
Global News
A copy of the warrant reviewed by multiple outlets listed three federal laws Trump was alleged to have violated, including the Espionage Act, for retaining official documents.
The warrant used to search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate this week suggests the former U.S. president is under investigation for obstructing and concealing evidence by withholding official classified records.
The document, unsealed Friday by a federal judge after Trump’s legal team declined to block its release, lists three federal laws Trump was alleged to have violated, including the Espionage Act, which outlaws the unauthorized holding of national security information that could aid a foreign adversary in harming the U.S.
The warrant seeks “all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed” in violation of those laws.
A property receipt listing all items taken from Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., home and political headquarters reveals FBI agents found and removed 11 sets of materials during Monday’s search, some of which were marked as “top secret” or classified. The document did not specify the substance of the materials recovered.
In a statement Friday, Trump claimed that the documents seized by agents at his Florida club were “all declassified,” and argued that he would have turned over the documents to the U.S. Justice Department if asked.
While incumbent presidents have the power to declassify information, that authority lapses as soon as they leave office and it was not clear if the documents in question have ever been declassified. Trump also kept possession of the documents despite multiple requests from agencies, including the National Archives, to turn over presidential records in accordance with federal law.
Trump’s legal team filed notice shortly before a 3 p.m. ET deadline Friday advising the U.S. Justice Department it would not object to the warrant’s unsealing, which had been requested on Thursday. Trump had already stated publicly he would allow the document, as well as a receipt of items taken by FBI agents from his Florida home on Monday, to be made public.
Shortly after the Trump team’s filing, a federal judge in Florida ordered the warrant and property receipt to be unsealed.
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