The United States Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked-out version of the legal document that allowed the FBI to seize classified government records from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.
The affidavit revealed some new details about the classified documents Trump kept at his Mar-a-Lago home until January this year.
It also showed efforts by Trump representatives to claim he had the authority to declassify documents.
The release also contained a letter from Trump's defense attorney Evan Corcorcan, who wrote to the department on May 25 to complain about the Justice Department's investigation.
An August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago marked a significant escalation in one of the many federal and state investigations Trump is facing from his time in office and in private business.
The Daily Sabah reports that the FBI's action was part of a federal probe into whether Trump illegally removed documents when he left office in January 2021 after losing the presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, and whether he tried to obstruct the government's investigation.
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