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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar,Oliver O'Connell and Andrew Naughtie

Trump news – live: FBI were looking for ‘classified nuclear documents’ at Mar-a-Lago, report says

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Trump lawyer does not ‘believe’ that secret nuclear documents found at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he won’t oppose a move by the Justice Department to make public the search warrant for Monday’s FBI raid on his Florida residence.

“Not only will I not oppose the release of documents related to the unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in of my home in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents,” he wrote on Truth Social.

“Release the documents now!”

The Department of Justice has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant used by federal agents to seize papers from the former president’s Florida home. Attorney general Merrick Garland announced the move earlier on Thursday, stressing that the decision was not taken lightly and that he personally authorised the decision to seek the warrant.

The former president and some members of his legal team have claimed without providing proof that agents may have planted evidence at his home. New reports have said that FBI agents were looking for “classified nuclear documents” during the raid.

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