08/08/2022 AD searched

The FBI executs a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida.

The search warrant application was authorized by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and approved by magistrate judge Bruce Reinhart, following a criminal referral by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The order, unsealed a few days after the search, showed that the FBI obtained the search warrant as part of an investigation into Trump relating to three federal criminal statutes:

• Violations of the Espionage Act regarding unauthorized retention of national defense information;
• destroying or concealing records "with the intent to impede obstruct or influence" federal government activity;
• illegal removal or destruction of federal government records (without respect to cause).

Later, a heavily redacted version of the affidavit explaining the FBI's goals was released to the public.

Agents seized 11 sets of classified documents:

• one set at the highest classification level, "Top Secret/SCI" (sensitive compartmented information)
• four sets at the "Top Secret" level
• three sets at the "Secret" level
• three sets at the "Confidential" level

Palm Beach, FL

Lattitude: 26.715° N
Longitude: 80.0394° W
Region: North America

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