Agents seized 33 boxes holding more than 100 classified documents – plus many empty folders
Details of the contents of the 33 boxes of material seized from former US president Donald Trump’s Florida home last month were published on Friday by the Justice Department, adding some context to the shorter list released in the days following the raid.
The expanded inventory was released on order of US District Judge Aileen Cannon, ahead of deciding whether to appoint a special master to review the seized documents. Trump’s legal team has insisted many of the files are protected by executive or attorney-client privilege and demanded the return of any that don’t fall under the purview of the search warrant.
The warrant, based on an FBI affidavit alleging agents had repeatedly tried and failed to collect classified files from Mar-a-Lago by other means, was not particularly specific regarding what was to be seized, referring broadly to “physical…
