First Thing: FBI searched Mar-a-Lago For Nuclear Weapons Papers, Say Reports!
First Thing: FBI searched Mar-a-Lago for was nuclear weapons papers, say reports
FBI agents were looking for secret documents about nuclear weapons among other classified material when they searched Donald Trump’s home on Monday, it has been reported.
The Washington Post cited people familiar with the investigation as saying nuclear weapons documents were thought to be in the trove the FBI was hunting in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. They did not specify what kind of documents or whether they referred to the US arsenal or another country’s.
The report came hours after the attorney general, Merrick Garland, said he had personally authorised the government request for a search warrant and revealed that the justice department had asked a Florida court for the warrant to be unsealed, noting that Trump himself had made the search public.
The justice department motion referred to “the public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred in its contents”.
• What has Trump said about unsealing the search warrant?
He said he would not oppose but rather was “encouraging the immediate release of those documents” related to what he called the “unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in … Release the documents now!” Trump has until 3pm ET to officially respond.
• Is it likely that Trump did take classified nuclear weapons documents with him when he left the White House?
This is not known but Trump was particularly fixated on the US nuclear arsenal while he was in the White House, and boasted about being privy to highly secret information.
Nicola Slawson
The Gaurdian
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