The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this month after speaking to a significant number of witnesses and finding probable cause that national defense information and evidence of obstruction existed at the former president’s property, according to newly unsealed court filings on Friday.
The details contained in the affidavit used to secure a warrant to search Mar-a-Lago – partially redacted to protect the ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s unauthorized retention of government secrets – offered the clearest insight yet into the basis for the FBI’s seeking permission to search the resort.
