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The Department of Justice on Friday released a redacted version of the sworn affidavit used to substantiate the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for evidence of potential violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice, including the unlawful retention of classified documents prosecutors say weren’t supposed to be there.
The 38-page affidavit, submitted by an unidentified FBI Special Agent with training “specific to counterintelligence and espionage investigations,” says that there was probable cause to believe that classified national defense information or records subject to presidential retention requirements were still somewhere at Mar-a-Lago.
“There is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found,” the affidavit says.
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