FBI agents seized several boxes of papers from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate during its Monday raid, including documents marked “top secret,” according to documents reviewed by multiple outlets that suggest the former President is being investigated under the Espionage Act.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI seized 20 boxes of items, including documents marked “Various classified/TS/SCI” documents. Agents also found four sets of “top secret documents, three sets of secret documents, and three sets of confidential documents.”
Documents viewed by Politico showed that the the government is investigating Trump for “a potential violation of the Espionage Act.” They pointed to a mention of federal statute 739 in the warrant — aka The Espionage Act — which punishes anyone who knowingly tries to remove, destroy, or conceal any defense-related with the intent to harm U.S. interests.
A federal judge on Friday agreed to unseal documents around the raid, including the search warrant and seized-property receipts — a move that Trump himself supported in a statement:
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