FBI agents they got permission from a federal judge to search his house Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago after they discovered that the former U.S. president illegally removed 184 classified documents from the White House, according to a censored affidavit — a censored Justice Department document justifying a search of his Florida home — that was released yesterday , on Friday.

Trump himself voluntarily turned over 15 boxes of these classified documents — mixed with magazines, newspapers, photographs, letters, notes, and other material — to the U.S. National Archives in January after the federal agency responsible for preserving presidential and government documents demanded that the former president return his documents to Washington.

The discovery of these classified documents, including 67 CONFIDENTIAL, 92 CONFIDENTIAL, and 25 TOP SECRET, was the body of evidence cited by the Justice Department in a search warrant approved by a judge on August 5. — three days before the FBI raid on Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago.

“The government is conducting a criminal investigation into the improper removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized locations, and the illegal concealment or removal of government documents,” an unnamed FBI agent wrote in a 32-page affidavit confirming the FBI search warrant. .

“In addition, there is plausible reason to believe that additional documents that contained classified NDI information (National Defense Information) or that are presidential records that are subject to records retention requirements still remain at the Trump residence,” the agent said in a statement. sworn letter, noting that he was trained in counterintelligence and espionage investigations. “There are also likely grounds to believe that evidence of obstruction of justice will be found in his home,” he adds.

The FBI agent also clarifies that the investigation began following a February 9 “request” from the US National Archives to the Justice Department. That request, along with material found in May when agents examined 15 boxes delivered by Trump, as well as information from several witnesses, led to an August 8 FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.

During the raid, dozens of agents seized 27 additional boxes of government and presidential documents, including 11 sets of documents that Trump took with him when he left the White House, according to a list of items the FBI seized from the former president’s home earlier. this month.

Source: DPA, APE-MPE.