Department of Justice prosecutors argued that they believe there was “probable cause” that allegedly classified documents and materials were kept at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home before the unprecedented FBI raid on Aug. 8, an affidavit released Friday shows.
In a heavily redacted section (pdf) of the affidavit, Department of Justice prosecutors asserted that “there is probable cause to believe that documents containing classified ND and presidential records remain at the premises,” referring to Mar-a-Lago. And because of the redactions, it’s unclear what allegedly classified documents and presidential records were being kept there and why the Department of Justice believed it is necessary to raid a former president’s home for those materials.
