WP: FBI searched Trump’s estate for nuclear weapons documents

Documents searched by the FBI at the estate of former US President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, contained classified material related to nuclear weapons, including informed The Washington Post, citing sources.

“Secret information experts said the unusual search highlights government officials’ deep concern about what they believe could be found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and could potentially fall into the wrong hands,” it said. publications.

At the same time, the interlocutors of the publication did not provide additional information about which state owns the nuclear weapon, information about which was in the documents. They also did not say what kind of information the agents were looking for or whether they found it as a result.

Earlier, lawyers from the US Department of Justice proposed to publish a warrant and an inventory of all seized property in the face of increased interest in what happened. Trump agreed to this. However, Attorney General Merrick Garland, who personally sanctioned the decision to seek court permission to issue a search warrant, said the release of the case files could harm the investigation. “Nevertheless, the former president should be able to respond to this proposal (reveal the details of the case – approx. Vedomosti) and object, including with respect to any “legitimate privacy interests” or the possibility of other “harm” if these materials are made public” , – he said,

According to WP interlocutors, information about nuclear weapons is available to a narrow circle of officials. The publication of this information may allow the intelligence teams of enemy countries to find ways to counter existing systems.

Trump said on Tuesday that his estate was searched by the FBI on August 8. The former president noted its inappropriateness and complained that FBI agents broke into his safe. According to US media, the search was related to documents that Trump took with him after leaving the White House. We are talking about 15 boxes of documents that contain information about national security – the US National Archives asked Trump to return them “for many months” and eventually turned to the FBI.

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