The FBI recovered several documents that were labeled “top secret” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to multiple reports Friday.
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKERWASHINGTON — The FBI recovered several documents that were labeled as “top secret” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to multiple reports Friday, as a federal judge was weighing whether to unseal the warrant that authorized the unprecedented search this week.
While incumbent presidents have the power to declassify information, that authority lapses as soon as they leave office and it was not clear if the documents in question have ever been declassified. Trump also kept possession of the documents despite multiple requests from agencies, including the National Archives, to turn over presidential records in accordance with federal law.
The Justice Department’s request is striking because such documents traditionally remain sealed during a pending investigation. But the department appeared to recognize that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter verbal attacks by Trump and his allies, and that the public was entitled to the FBI’s side about what prompted Monday’s action at the former president’s home.
Several news organizations have separately petitioned Reinhart to release all of the documents relating to the search given the high level of public interest.
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