Mick Mulvaney said the classified documents recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago were 'serious' but may not have justified the raid

• The documents seized at Mar-a-Lago were classified.

• He said it might not have been enough to justify the raid.

• If Trump didn't think it was in his own interest, he wouldn't have taken them.

Mick Mulvaney, Trump's former chief of staff, said Friday that the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago may not have been justified because of the president's storage of sensitive information.

On August 8, the FBI searched Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, home and seized 11 sets of classified documents, including the highest level of sensitivity a classified document can receive.

18 former senior White House officials disagreed with Trump's claim that he had a standing order to declassify documents.

The sensitive documents were not meant to be in the former president's home, but that there would need to be an emergency in order to get them.

A search warrant is only necessary if there is an emergency. Mulvaney said if the evidence is going to disappear or be moved, who should see it.

The FBI is investigating if Trump violated federal laws related to the willful retention of national defense information, concealment or removal of government records, and obstruction of a federal investigation.

Mulvaney said in the interview that Trump wouldn't have taken the classified documents if he didn't think it was in his own interests.

The affidavit they fill out tells me that they think they have something, Mulvaney told CNN.

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