In the sworn statement prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the raid on former US President Donald Trump’s mansion named Mar-a-Lago in Florida, it was reported that a total of 184 confidential documents were found in 14 of the 15 boxes seized in the search made earlier.
The 34-page sworn statement that the FBI sent to the judge to obtain a search warrant for the Mar-a-Lago raid was shared with the public by removing some parts of it.
In the statement, it was stated that during the searches conducted in Trump’s Florida home in May, 15 boxes of documents were retrieved, and a total of 184 confidential documents were found in 14 of these boxes.
In addition, the FBI said in that statement that the documents seized at Trump’s home “could endanger human intelligence resources.”
The statement also included correspondence between Trump’s attorney and the FBI that classified documents were kept in a room of Mar-a-Lago.
COMMENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN
Asked by journalists whether the documents endangered national security, President Biden said: “We’ll let the Justice Department decide that. We’ll see what happens.”
While different opinions are coming from lawyers about whether Trump is guilty and whether he can be tried for espionage crime, the steps to be taken by the Ministry of Justice are expected.
THE PROCESS OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AUTHORIZED STATEMENT
Making a statement for the first time three days after the FBI raid on Trump’s mansion, Mar-a-Lago, on August 8, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he had approved the search. announced that they had filed an application with the Florida District Court to declassify the seized materials.
After Trump stated that he was not against the release of the search warrant to the public, the federal judge publicly announced the search warrant and the list of seized materials on August 12, but the leading media outlets of the USA, the federal court, the FBI agents, Trump’s Mar-A – He had applied for the affidavit to be released, setting forth the argument explaining the probable reason why he had to search the Lago estate.
“Disclosure of the government’s statement at this stage will likely undermine future cooperation with witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses and other high-profile investigations,” the Justice Department said in a statement on 16 August.
Florida Federal Court Judge Bruce Reinhart stated that parts of the affidavit could be shared with the public, and requested the Department of Justice to provide further justification for the damages it would cause to the investigation and to redact the affidavit by August 25.
In a statement made today by Justice Department Spokesperson Anhony Coley, “The Justice Department has submitted the required document in a sealed form in accordance with the court’s order dated August 22. The ministry respectfully declines to comment further as the court has considered the matter.” shared his statements.
The affidavit was thought to contain more important and detailed information about the executive base of the Justice Department investigation and, in this context, the FBI agents’ search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach.
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