Donald Trump kept secret documents on Iran and China in his home – Le Figaro

During a search of his home, investigators seized nearly 11,000 documents on the basis of a warrant for “retention of classified documents” and “obstructing a federal investigation”. Documents seized in August from the Florida residence of Donald Trump included highly sensitive information about Iran and China that could have exposed US espionage methods, the Washington Post reported on Friday. One of the documents seized by federal investigators depicted Iran’s missile program. Another “described very sensitive intelligence work targeting China,” according to the American daily, citing a source familiar with the matter. However, a law of 1978 obliges any American president to transmit all of his emails, letters and other working documents to the National Archives. Investigators seized nearly 11,000 documents during a spectacular search on the basis of a warrant for “retention of classified documents” and “obstructing a federal investigation”. Among these documents were just over 100 classified documents, some of which were classified as top secret and normally accessible only to a very restricted circle and under drastic security conditions. However, in the luxurious residence of Mar-a-Lago, documents were stored in different places, including in Donald Trump’s personal office, unsafe spaces, according to the Department of Justice, which is leading the investigation. The institution justified the search of Mar-a-Lago on national security issues, arguing that Donald Trump was suspected of violating the Espionage Act of 1917, prohibiting the possession and sharing of highly sensitive documents relating to national defense. .Also readIn the United States, the Republican Party remains under the influence of Donald TrumpDonald Trump was also suspected of obstructing the investigation, his lawyers having affirmed, before the search, that there were no more documents governments in Mar-a-Lago. He has not been charged. A court has appointed, at the request of Donald Trump, an independent expert to examine the documents to determine their nature, confidential or not. The nature of only 15 of them is the subject of disagreement between the parties, the ministry said in a court document on Thursday.