FBI looked for 'classified nuclear weapons documents' at Trump home, says newspaper
The Washington Post newspaper says the FBI was looking for "classified documents relating to nuclear weapons" at Donald Trump's Florida home when agents raided Mar-a-Lago on Monday, citing people familiar with the investigation.
The former US president has called for the "immediate" release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant, with Attorney General Merrick Garland citing the “substantial public interest in this matter.”
In messages posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “Not only will I not oppose the release of documents ... I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents.” He continued to assail the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago as “unAmerican, unwarranted and unnecessary.”
“Release the documents now!” he wrote.
The Justice Department request to unseal the search warrant paperwork is striking because it traditionally remains sealed during a pending investigation.
However, the department appeared to recognise that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter verbal attacks by Trump and his allies, and that the public was entitled to the FBI's side about what prompted Monday's action at the former president's home.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” said a motion filed in federal court in Florida on Thursday.
Should the warrant be released - the request is now with the judge - it could disclose unflattering information about the former president and about FBI scrutiny of his handling of sensitive government documents right as he prepares for another run for the White
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