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FBI seized 11 Sets of Classified Documents in Trump Search

FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents in Trump Mar-a-Lago raid

FBI seized 11 Sets of Classified Documents in Trump Search, Inventory Shows

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The Wall Street Journal’s news reporters have revealed that the FBI’s operation at Donald Trump’s home occurred after a source inside Mar-a-Lago told the agency that the former president had lied to the bureau and was keeping classified documents.

Police direct traffic outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents — including some marked top secret and only meant to be available in special government facilities — from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate following its raid earlier this week, according to a new report.

Former President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the final remarks during Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

The Wall Street Journal, citing a leaked inventory of what was taken from the Palm Beach resort, reported that agents removed roughly 20 boxes as well as a handwritten note, binders of photos, and the executive grant of clemency for his longtime adviser Roger Stone.

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Among the classified materials collected were four sets of top secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets confidential documents, according to the list.

The FBI also reportedly took items including photographs, a handwritten note and the  executive grant of clemency for Roger Stone.
The FBI also reportedly took items including photographs, a handwritten note and the executive grant of clemency for Roger Stone.

A federal magistrate judge had given the 45th president’s legal team until 3 p.m. Friday to respond to a DOJ motion to unseal the inventory, known as a “property receipt” as well as the search warrant that was executed Monday.

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