Justice Department Affidavit: There Was ‘Probable Cause’ Before FBI Mar-a-Lago Search
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.
“Accordingly, this affidavit seeks authorization to search the ’45 Office’ and all storage rooms and any other rooms or locations where boxes or records may be stored within the PREMISES,” the legal document stated.
It added: “The PREMISES is currently closed to club members for the summer; however, as specified in Attachment A, if at the time of the search, there are areas of the PREMISES being occupied, rented, or used by third parties, and not otherwise used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff, the search would not include such areas.”
Ultimately, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who unsealed the affidavit, approved a search warrant for Trump’s property earlier this month.
Former White House aide Kash Patel recently revealed that the allegedly classified materials that were taken had to do with the FBI’s 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation that ultimately turned up no evidence to support allegations that Trump colluded with the Russian government to win that year’s election.
“The bottom line was he said this information has to get out to the American public,” Patel told The Wall Street Journal. Patel said he didn’t know
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