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A redacted copy of the warrant and related papers from the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago indicates that the Justice Department is investigating the potential violation of at least three separate criminal statutes, including under the Espionage Act.
The filing — released Friday by the court, at the government’s request and with Trump’s agreement — includes the warrant, two attachments (« Attachment A » and « Attachment B ») and an inventory of what was taken from Mar-a-Lago during the FBI operation on Monday in Palm Beach, Florida.
Attachment B states that the property to be seized by agents includes « all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime or other items illegally possessed » in violation of 18 USC 793, a statute under the Espionage Act involving the gathering, transmitting or loss of defense information; 18 USC 2071, which involves any federal government employee who willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies or destroys public records; and 18 USC 1519, obstruction of justice.
Under the receipt, showing property that was seized from Trump’s estate, agents note they recovered 11 sets of documents of various classifications ranging from confidential to top secret (TS) and sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
The receipt identifies one set referring to « various classified/TS/SCI documents, » four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets of documents described as confidential.
Other materials included in the receipt are an item labeled « Info re: President of France, » an executive grant of clemency for Trump ally Roger Stone, binders of photos, a « potential presidential record » and a leather-bound box of documents.
It appears that there were 27 boxes taken.
The previously reported that classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items sought by the federal agents at Mar-a-Lago.
Sources had that the search was in connection to documents that Trump took with him when he departed Washington, including some records the National Archives said were marked classified.
