During their search of the home of former US President Donald Trump in Florida this week, federal police officers (FBI) were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons, the Washington Post understands on Thursday.
However, the media does not specify whether these documents were recovered during this operation.
Earlier in the day, the Justice Department asked a judge to release the warrant for the search conducted at the New York businessman’s residence in Mar-a-Lago.
The operation is part of an investigation into documents that Mr. Trump allegedly illegally took with him from the White House when his term ended in January 2021. Some of the documents would be classified, believes namely the Department of Justice.
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At a press conference, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally approved the search, which the former Republican president described as political revenge.
The operation sparked an outcry from Republican and right-wing supporters who see it as a ” political persecution from the Democratic-led government once morest a former president and likely future candidate. In a statement, Trump, who was in New York at the time of the operation, said the country ” live dark days« .
Republicans immediately painted the raid as a move by President Joe Biden to hurt a potential challenger in the 2024 presidential election.
With MAP