WASHINGTON — Newly unsealed details from the Justice Department’s investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified information shed light on how investigators made their case in court last year for a warrant to search the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home, including the extent of surveillance footage they said showed boxes being moved.
The government on Wednesday released a new version of an affidavit that an FBI agent submitted in August 2022 asking a Florida federal magistrate judge to approve the warrant. Redacted copies of the affidavit were released after the search, but following Trump’s June indictment and a request by media outlets to unseal more information, the Justice Department agreed additional sections of the affidavit could be made public.
Trump is charged with illegally retaining national defense information and of trying to obstruct the government’s efforts to retrieve the classified documents. He has pleaded not guilty. His co-defendant and longtime personal aide Walt Nauta is also charged with obstruction.
