This week, Donald Trump's legal problems got worse.
The affidavit used to search his Mar-a-Lago resort was made public by prosecutors.
One of Trump's closest White House advisors was ordered to testify in a Georgia investigation into whether Trump and his associates tried to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
According to legal experts, these developments could put the former president in legal trouble. The biggest thing to know about Trump's legal troubles.
A redacted FBI affidavit was released by the Justice Department on Friday, giving more insight into classified documents Trump took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.
In the 15 boxes of documents the FBI reviewed, 184 records were marked as "classified," 67 were labeled as "confidential," 94 were "secret," and 25 were labeled as "top secret," according to the affidavit.
The documents obtained by the DOJ had handwritten notes on them, according to the affidavit.
Legal experts told Insider that the affidavit shows that the Justice Department had probable cause to search the Mar-a-Lago resort.
David Weinstein is a former federal prosecutor. It makes his defense less effective.
The affidavit could lead to a prosecution of Trump, according to others.
I've seen enough." There will be an indictment in the matter. Bradley P. Moss is a national security lawyer.
More than 700 classified documents were taken with Trump by the National Archives.
The documents were retrieved by the National Archives and Records Administration in January and were kept in 15 boxes.
According to the letter, items marked as classified national security information, up to the level of Top Secret, were identified in the initial review.
The correspondence between the National Archives and Trump's legal team was revealed in the letter. His team resisted returning the documents.
The 700 pages of documents obtained by NARA do not include the boxes of records retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.
The National Archives inquired about the missing documents in May. According to Trump's legal team, they found 12 boxes of documents in December of 2021.
The former president's inner circle is being investigated by a Peach State probe.
The former White House chief of staff was ordered by the Fulton County District Attorney to testify about promoting the false claims of election fraud made by the Trump administration.
Also seeking testimony from former Trump campaign attorney and election denier Sidney Powell, as well as Army veteran and insurrection "options" strategist Phil Waldron, is the man who deposed former Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani.
Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, is appealing to the courts to prevent him from speaking to the jury.
The House wants to know what they know about the attack on the US capitol.
Since conducting eight public hearings in July, Congressional investigators have returned to quiet mode.
The issues they've raised about those responsible for the attack on Congress are keeping Trump allies on their toes.
The congressman filed a suit to prevent federal agents from analyzing the data downloaded from his phone. The January 6 committee alleges that he had a hand in trying to install Jeffrey Clark as attorney general in order to speed up Trump's election fraud scheme.
Ron Johnson told local news that he didn't need to testify because he only worked on overthrowing the government for a short time.
Johnson was not involved in the fake electors project.
The panel would be willing to work out any executive privilege or separation of powers issues with the former Vice President if he were to testify.
While in New Hampshire, he said he would consider talking to the investigators.
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