![]() ![]() Maloney and Schiff asked Haines to order a damage assessment from intelligence officials as soon as possible. The lawmakers said if media reports were true that Trump had documents containing information about nuclear weapons and other highly classified topics, "it is hard to overstate the national security danger that could emanate from the reckless decision to remove and retain this material," wrote House Oversight Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and House Intelligence Chair Rep. Lawmakers ask intel chief for review of 'damage' to national securityĭemocratic chairs of two House committees asked Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to review if former President Donald Trump's actions in storing documents at his residence damaged national security. ► The inventory: About half of the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago had confidential, secret or top-secret classifications. It is more likely the probe is focused on the careless handling of classified information, making it easier to be accessed by spies, attorneys said. ► The investigation: Investigators don't necessarily believe Trump is a spy. ► The warrant: The warrant signed by a federal magistrate that authorized FBI agents to search Mar-a-Lago seeks documents, records, contraband, fruits of crime or other items illegally possessed in violation of gathering, transmitting or losing national defense information. ![]() Some of the items had vague descriptors like binders of photos, a handwritten note, information about the “President of France” and the executive grant of clemency for Trump ally Roger Stone, while about half of the documents were classified.įriday's news: DOJ search warrant shows Trump being probed in connection with espionage statutes ![]() The warrant showed the former president is under investigation for possibly breaking three federal laws: removal or destruction of records, obstructing an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act.įederal agents retrieved boxes that included 11 sets of classified documents from Trump's Florida home, according to a property receipt released with the warrant. Watch Video: Mar-a-Lago affidavit may be released with redactions after FBI searchĪ federal judge on Friday unsealed a warrant authorizing the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate when the Justice Department, after conferring with Trump's attorneys, formally asserted the former president did not object to making the search warrant public. ![]()
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