WASHINGTON — A key court document that allowed federal agents to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida home for highly classified government records earlier this month was released at noon on Friday.
The 32-page affidavit lays out the basis for the Justice Department’s case and the FBI’s search of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate, including evidence that classified national security records were moved there by Trump after he left the White House.
The document, while heavily redacted, included some new details of the search and what was found. It notes that the documents of concern were found in 15 boxes mixed with the former’s presidents personal papers, newspaper clippings, photos and other material. Overall, the search recovered 184 classified documents — 67 marked confidential, 92 as secret and 25 marked top secret. The FBI agent who wrote the affidavit notes such documents typically contain national security information and that some included the president’s hand-written notes.
