FBI confiscated clothing, magazines, books, and 43 empty classified files during the iconic Mar-a-Lago raid, as well as 11,000 documents and photographs, according to recently disclosed records.
New unsealed listings reveal further documents confiscated from Mar-a-Lago.
Includes apparel, periodicals, and blank folders with “classified marks.”
The bureau seized from Trump’s Florida home
During their search on Mar-a-Lago, the FBI took empty files with classified markings, clothing, books, and government images, according to a new inventory list released by a court on Friday.
The list indicates that some files discovered during the raid had classified marks, but contained no contents. Additionally, magazine and news items were acquired.
The revelation from the Florida Southern District Court indicates that top-secret papers were among the things seen in the picture of scattered files published by the Justice Department this week.
The additional information was revealed as Trump’s attorneys battled to have a special master analyze the records seized during last month’s search.
Among the materials detailed in the documents published on Friday are 43 empty folders marked ‘classified’ that were discovered in Trump’s office, as well as over 1,500 periodicals, newspapers, press pieces, and other printed media from his residence.
A court released a revised inventory list of the items taken from Mar-a-Lago during last month’s search on the former president’s home.
The postings contain various classified papers and images, as well as “clothing/gift goods” and nameless books.
Last month, the former president alleged that the FBI ‘rummaged’ through former first lady Melania Trump’s wardrobe at their Mar-a-Lago resort during the raid.
Trump said on his Truth Social account, “The whole world was watching as the FBI rummaged through the residence, including the former first lady’s closets (and wardrobe!)”
They even asked that the security cameras be turned off (we refused), but there was no way to determine whether the items they stole were genuine or if they were planted. He said, “This was, after all, the FBI!”
Tuesday evening, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a photograph of papers marked’secret,’ ‘top secret,’ and ‘SCI’ that were found on the floor at Mar-a-Lago next to a Time Magazine.
The department stated that the documents were among those seized by the FBI during a search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this month in connection with a case alleging he took White House materials when he left office.
In addition, there were other “empty files,” including one labeled “Return to Staff Secretary/Military Aide.”
The FBI seized empty folders with classified markings, clothes, books and government photographs during their raid on Mar-a-Lago, a new inventory list unsealed by a judge on Friday has revealed
Trump on Wednesday morning accused the Department of Justice of attempting to make it seem as if he dropped the papers on the floor or stored critical information in this manner at his Florida home.
The fresh document release comes after a federal judge in Florida stated she would unseal further inventories in response to Trump’s attorneys’ request for extra raid-related material.
Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated by President Trump, said on Thursday that she will issue a formal order on Trump’s request for a special master to examine records collected during the FBI search.
The new inventory list was provided the same week that the DOJ released a picture of papers scattered on the floor of Mar-a-Lago, many of which had the titles “secret” and “top secret.”
She outlined her plan of action after interrogating government attorneys on why she shouldn’t approve Trump’s request to have a third party analyze the records – even as the DOJ indicated it would delay its probe.
The in-person session followed a week of competing written submissions and occurred after Trump attorney Jim Trusty likened federal records discovered at the president’s club to a “overdue library book.”
Several of the open documents discovered on Friday include periodicals, newspapers, and unidentified books.