Top secret documents found at Donald Trump's Florida home were"likely concealed" to obstruct an FBI probe into the former president's potential mishandling of classified materials, the Department of Justice said in a new court filing.
The filing made clear that prosecutors are seeking to determine whether Mr Trump or anyone in his immediate orbit acted criminally to prevent federal agents from retrieving classified documents. In total, the filing said, agents recovered more than 100 documents with classification markings, in 13 boxes or containers, during the raid.
The government's filing argues that such an appointment, which would potentially block investigators' access to the documents, is"unnecessary and would significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests". According to the affidavit used to justify the raid, sensitive national defense information was among the"highly classified" records surrendered at that time, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 as secret and 25 as top secret.
The extraordinary search was partly based on suspicions of violations of the US Espionage Act related to the illegal retention of sensitive defence documents, the warrant showed.
'Plans For WW4'... 'Plans For dictatorship' 'Artic Old Digging'
Top secret my backside on the ground for all to see
Jon Voight says there is a plan and our country will be saved.
Likely is the key word. A few copies of Time and National Geographic
Nothing says top secret like posting them on twitter!