The FBI found classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other things, during Monday’s search of former President Donald Trump’s famous Mar-a-Lago Florida residence, people close to the investigation told the Washington Post. .

They did not provide The Washington Post with additional details about “what information the agents were looking for” or whether any such documents were recovered.

The disclosure adds key context to the Justice Department’s extraordinary decision to search the former president’s home. As CNN previously reported, the criminal investigation was sparked by concerns about the missing documents, with information provided by the National Archives, which filed a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice after discovering some highly sensitive documents among materials seized from Mar-a-Lago in January. .

The 15 boxes contained some documents that were part of Special Access Programs (SAP), a classification that includes protocols to significantly restrict access to information, according to a source familiar with what the archives found in the boxes.

While Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to share specific details of the search, he said Thursday that he “personally approved” the decision to seek a warrant to search Trump’s Florida home.

“The department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, standard practice is to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to limit any search conducted,” Garland said at a press conference, according to News.ro.

The Prosecutor General also reported that the Ministry of Justice submitted a petition to the court to print out the search warrant and receipts for the search of the property.

Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday that he would “not be opposed to the release of the documents,” adding, “I am going even further in encouraging the immediate release of these documents.”

After the raid, top Republicans in Congress rushed to defend Trump, calling the move politically motivated.

The former president has denied any wrongdoing, saying the investigation is designed to derail his potential bid to return to the White House.

During the hearing, Donald Trump invoked the 5th Amendment 440 times

Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to answer questions from prosecutors at a hearing under oath in the investigation into possible fraud by the Trump Organization.

Claiming he was the victim of a “witch hunt,” Trump said in a statement that he “refuses to answer questions because of the rights and prerogatives granted by the Constitution of the United States to all citizens.”

During hearings with the attorney general in New York, Donald Trump invoked his right not to answer questions under the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution more than 440 times, US media reported, citing AFP.

According to one of Trump’s lawyers, Ron Fisketti, quoted by NBC, the only answer his client gave was to give his name.

A source close to him said the 45th president invoked his right to remain silent and not answer questions from New York judges and investigators 440 times.

As the Washington Post reports citing an anonymous source, given the confidentiality of the hearings under oath, Donald Trump has refused to answer questions about his business, estate valuation and debt more than 400 times.

“The same answer” — that is, the constitutional right not to answer — thus systematically declared Trump, according to the Washington Post.

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