FBI agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents from former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, including some marked “Top Secret,” according to court records unsealed on Friday.
The court documents revealed that agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents, including four sets marked as top secret and seven other sets of classified documents. One of the top secret sets was additionally marked as “sensitive compartmented information” (SCI) — among the highest level of classification.
The contents of those documents were not listed. The “top secret” designation is reserved for the country’s most closely held national security information. Such documents are normally held in special government facilities to avoid grave damage to national security.
No details on the documents were provided in the list.
The search warrant indicates the FBI is investigating Trump for violations of three federal laws, including the gathering, losing, or transmitting of defense information; the concealment, removal, or mutilation generally of official records; and destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations.
The warrant authorized agents to seize any related property, including documents, communications, and “any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021.”
The property receipt says that in addition to the classified materials that were taken away, FBI agents retrieved documents that included Trump’s order granting clemency to political ally Roger Stone, a “leatherbound box of documents,” two binders of photos, a potential presidential record, and information regarding the French president.
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