‘Top Secret’ documents seized by the FBI in possible violation of law

After several days of controversy, the FBI on Friday revealed the reasons for Find Donald Trump’s house, in Florida. The US Federal Police confiscated documents marked “Top Secret” during a search of the former president’s home. FBI investigators suspect that the Republican has violated the US Espionage Act that strictly regulates the possession of classified documents related to national security, some of which must be consulted or seen only in secure buildings. A Florida judge released several court documents on Friday: a warrant for the search, before it was conducted, and a long inventory of documents seized by FBI agents on Monday.

Documents on the “President of France”

In this list were mentioned a group of documents classified as “top secret”, “secret” or “secret”, as well as the document “1A Info re: President of France”, without further details. According to this inventory, about thirty chests were seized, as well as folders with photographs and a handwritten note. According to experts, invoking this law does not mean that the former president is in danger of being accused of espionage. The Espionage Act includes a group of offenses not related to espionage.Bradley Moss, a lawyer who specializes in these cases, said on Twitter.

The operation, which was carried out at Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, angered his supporters, infuriating his supporters. “political persecution”, Plus many republican inclusions. On Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland, in an extraordinary letter, asked the judge to make this warrant allowing the search public so that his reasons are known to all. Donald Trump received this request – which is very unusual – favourably. “I will not only oppose the publication of the documents (…) but will go further by encouraging their immediate publication”, wrote the billionaire Thursday evening, who nonetheless declined to publish the copy of the authorization he had obtained. The former president confirmed in a press release on Friday that all documents recovered by the police had been declassified.

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Earlier today, this Friday, The Washington Post citing unnamed sources, butClose to the investigation‘, that FBI agents were specifically looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons. The Wall Street Journal Then she claimed that the authorities found during this search a “About twenty” Boxes including highly classified documents and information about The President of France. The US daily claimed it had access to a three-page inventory list seized on Monday, including documents classified as top-secret or classified, photos and a handwritten note. This inventory is part of a seven-page document including the search warrant, and adds the newspaper confirming that this inventory contains information regarding The President of France. Without specifying whether Emmanuel Macron.

‘Important public interest’

Until then, speculation about the reasons for the research had tended more in favor The former president was involved in the storming of the Capitol, in January 2020. Monday’s search was the first ever to target a former president of the United States. On Thursday, during his short televised address, Merrick Garland confirmed it “Personally approved” this search. “The ministry does not take this kind of decision lightly.”stressed the Minister of Justice, adding that the case was taken on a ‘Important public interest’three months before the midterm legislative elections.

U.S. presidents are required by law to send all of their emails, letters, and other business documents to the U.S. National Archives. However, when he left the White House in January 2021, Donald Trump took fifteen boxes of documents, which archive agents had to retrieve in January, already in Mar-a-Lago. Angry at the search, Donald Trump told the Truth Social on Monday that his lawyers are cooperating “completely” With the authorities when “Suddenly and without warning, a very large number of officers stormed Mar-a-Lago at 6:30 am.” He complained in particular about the fact that FBI agents have Search the first lady’s cupboards. Melania Trump. On Wednesday, he even suggested that the Federal Police might have done it “Field” false evidence against him during the process.

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