FBI Seizes Document Allegedly Detailing Foreign Country’s Nuclear Capabilities in Mar-a-Lago Raid—Not Sensitive Enough Not to Leak to WaPo Though

A document revealing an unknown foreign country’s nuclear power was among those seized in the Mar-a-Lago raid, The Washington Post says.

QUICK FACTS:

• Among the documents seized in the raid of Former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago was information about a foreign country’s nuclear and military capabilities, The Washington Post (WaPo) reported.
• The documents, which did not disclose the country, were so sensitive they required special access on a “need-to-know” basis.
• According to the report, the information was so secretive that only the president and very few cabinet officials were aware of what it contained.
• However, the FBI apparently didn’t find the information too sensitive to leak to WaPo.

WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Some seized docs were so closely held, only the president, a Cabinet or near-Cabinet level official could authorize others to know, @CarolLeonnig @DevlinBarretthttps://t.co/1bni8rheWF

— Catherine Valentine (@PostValentine) September 7, 2022

PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE MAR-A-LAGO RAID:

“All American Patriots know that I always do everything ‘by the book’ and that this Hoax will fail miserably,” the former president said.

BACKGROUND:

• Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a detailed inventory list of the items seized from former President Donald Trump’s residence.
• A total of 54 documents marked “Secret,” 18 documents marked “Top Secret,” and 31 documents marked “Confidential” were reportedly found.
• The list of documents was released after a heavily redacted affidavit was made public the week prior, which showed the main concern to the DOJ was that Trump was potentially housing the classified documents in an insecure way.

Jon Fleetwood contributed to this report.