Donald Trump had top secret nuclear paperwork stashed at his country club home and resort when the FBI retrieved the documents on August 8. The highly classified documents held in a private residence is unprecedented.
Security concerns were raised about the storage of top secret documents in a private residence which is reportedly what led to the FBI raid, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. US intelligence agencies may now need to carry out rigorous risk assessments for the implications to national security following the FBI raid last month.
Documents were so secret, only the president and some high-level officials were authorised to see them. The report if accurate, discredits Trump and his allies’ defence that seized documents were harmless and whose sole basis was to be used in the former president’s memoir or presidential library.
