According to an article published Friday by the Washington Post and cited by AFP and Agerpres, documents seized in August from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence contain highly classified information about Iran and China that could reveal US espionage practices.

One of the documents seized by federal investigators describes Iran’s missile program. Another “describes highly sensitive information activities directed against China,” the US daily reported, citing a source close to the matter.

After leaving the White House, the former American president took whole boxes of documents with him. However, a 1978 law requires any US president to turn over all emails, letters and other work documents to the National Archives.

Investigators seized nearly 11,000 documents in a spectacular search warrant-based for “concealing classified documents” and “obstructing a federal investigation.”

Among these documents were approximately 100 classified documents, some of which were classified, usually available only to a very limited circle and under strict security conditions. However, at the Mar-a-Lago residence, the documents were stored in various locations, most notably in Donald Trump’s personal office, which were not secured, according to the Justice Department, which is investigating.

The agency justified the search on national security grounds, arguing that Donald Trump is suspected of violating the Espionage Act of 1917, which prohibits the possession and transfer of highly classified documents related to national defense.

Donald Trump was also suspected of obstructing the investigation, his lawyers claimed before the search that there were no more government documents in Mar-a-Lago.

The court appointed, at the request of Donald Trump, an independent expert to examine the documents to determine whether they are confidential or not. Only 15 of those are the subject of disagreement between the parties, the ministry said Thursday in a court document.