Court documents reveal the FBI seized multiple sets of classified information from Donald Trump's Florida property earlier this week, including some marked 'top secret'.
Court documents have revealed the FBI seized multiple sets of classified information from Donald Trump's Florida property earlier this week, including some marked "top secret".
A federal judge has unsealed the search warrant and a list of the items recovered by the FBI after the former president said he did not object to their release. The search warrant reveals Mr Trump is being investigated for possible violations of the Espionage Act, a federal law that prohibits the possession or transmission of national defence information.
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