Christina Bobb also said that Florida magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart signed off on the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search the former president’s Florida residence.
Federal agents removed about a dozen boxes of materials from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and issued a warrant indicating the search pertained to possible violations surrounding classified information and the Presidential Records Act, a Trump lawyer confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday.
News of the specifics of the search were first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which wrote that agents walked away with roughly 10 boxes of material after the Monday search.
The details add an additional layer of intrigue to a storyline that has sparked outrage among Trump allies and raised eyebrows within the legal community. The former president has called the search unprecedented and politically motivated. But experts on national security law have cautioned that the FBI would not have undertaken such a high-stakes move without firm belief that a possible criminal violation was at issue.
Trump lawyer Christina Bobb fleshed out other details surrounding the case. She said that Florida magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart signed off on the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search the Trump residence in Florida. Agents searched multiple areas of the property, Bobb told POLITICO, but she could not verify where the materials were confiscated from. Lindsey Halligan, another Trump attorney, also confirmed to POLITICO she was present at Mar-a-Lago for the search.
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Trump is likely best positioned to provide the details his allies are asking for. He has access to not only the items federal agents were looking for on Monday, but also to what was taken from his property. His lawyers likely have a copy of the search warrant, though they won’t have access to the affidavit or other documents that are typically kept confidential until the case is resolved. Plus, Trump could speak to the nature of the potentially classified material, and whether he made an effort to declassify these items before leaving the White House.
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Federal agents took about a dozen boxes from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and issued a warrant indicating the search pertained to possible violations surrounding classified information, a Trump lawyer confirmed. https://t.co/E411Ux6TFr
— POLITICO (@politico) August 9, 2022
What you say when you know the cops are gonna find stuff https://t.co/0rPuKNNHD6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 9, 2022
I have very mixed feelings about the search. But when your lawyer suggests the FBI planted evidence I don’t see that as a sign they’re confident the FBI *didn’t* find anything.
That said, she may just be a hack. https://t.co/K632eyvdfy
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) August 10, 2022
Worried much?
What docs could the FBI have found? Translator's notes from Putin meeting? MBS-related financial docs? Quid-pro-quo offers from foreign dictators? Reports from DHS or other officials on domestic illegal activities done at Trump's request?
Who knows?
The FBI does. pic.twitter.com/5adwuSajbp
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 10, 2022
FYI the reason Trump GOP are trying to push the “FBI planting evidence” story is that they are trying to get ahead of how sensitive the docs Trump was hiding and the million dollar follow up question: Why the hell would he take such documents and what did he plan to do with them?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) August 10, 2022
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