The Justice Department is looking into whether Donald Trump violated three federal laws when he moved government records from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.
According to the right-wing news website, the FBI got a warrant to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
If Trump broke the laws against gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information, the feds are looking into it.
The Espionage Act protects defense information from being gathered, transmitted, or lost. According to The Wall Street Journal, federal agents recovered 11 sets of classified information when they searched Mar-a-Lago.
Some of the classified records were meant to be stored in a special government facility because of their sensitivity, according to the report. The Washington Post reported that the feds were looking for classified nuclear documents when they executed the warrant at Mar-a-Lago.
The Justice Department pursued a warrant against Trump because of the highly sensitive nature of the documents, according to a former FBI agent.
The DOJ has shown a willingness to risk national security, at least temporarily, in order to show some deference and courtesy to a former president. We would be arrested on the first day if we tried this.
The Justice Department told the judge that Trump's team did not object to the motion to unseal records.
Attorney General Garland said at a news conference that the department took the unusual step of asking a court to unseal the warrant because of Trump's statements.
There were no public statements made by the department on the day of the search. The former president confirmed the search that night.
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