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Kelly McClure

FBI sought nuclear docs at Mar-a-Lago

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers a statement at the U.S. Department of Justice August 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

On Thursday evening, an anonymous source close to the investigation on Trump and the recent FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago home revealed that the FBI had been searching for "classified documents relating to nuclear weapons," among other sensitive documents, according to The Washington Post. As stated in the Post's coverage, "experts in classified information" point towards the basis of the search being a fear that the documents thought to be held by Trump were "potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands."

Earlier on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland  was unable to offer details on the contents of the search warrant issued prior to the Mar-a-Lago raid, but did specify that he personally authorized the decision to seek court permission for one.

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