<p>Some of the classified documents taken by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida home were discovered in his personal office, a court filing showed Friday, potentially bolstering allegations he mishandled secrets and obstructed justice.</p>.<p>The detailed list of what was seized in the August 8 raid on the former US president's Mar-a-Lago estate also showed Trump held on to more than 11,000 unclassified government records that he claims are his to keep -- but legally are owned by the National Archives.</p>.<p>The list appeared to provide support for the US Justice Department's unprecedented probe.</p>.<p>In their warrant for the raid, they cited the Espionage Act, which bans the retention and sharing of highly sensitive documents pertaining to national defense; the law against obstructing investigation; and a law against destruction of government documents.</p>.<p>Among the papers seized in the raid were 18 documents labelled "top secret", 53 labelled "secret" and another 31 marked "confidential".</p>.<p>Of those, seven top secret files, 17 secret files and three confidential files were retrieved from Trump's private office.</p>.<p>Agents also found several dozen empty folders labelled "classified" in the office, raising speculation that sensitive documents may have been lost or destroyed.</p>.<p>Much of what agents found there and in a separate storeroom was intermixed in boxes with Trump's personal legal files, clothing, gifts and books tossed together for moving in his final days in the White House in January 2021.</p>.<p>The list was unveiled in a federal court in Florida.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-s-tastes-in-intelligence-power-and-leverage-1141428.html" target="_blank">Trump’s tastes in intelligence: Power and leverage</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump has sued the government to have the documents turned over to a neutral "special master," a move which could slow the government's investigation and possibly allow him to regain control of files he does not want made public or used in other probes.</p>.<p>The August raid came after 15 months of haggling between Trump, the Archives and FBI over the records he took with him to Florida.</p>.<p>In January he gave 15 boxes of records to the Archives, which, after discovering top secret documents mixed in with them, informed the Justice Department.</p>.<p>Using a subpoena, in June top Justice officials visited the estate and collected another batch of classified files.</p>.<p>But it discovered that more remained there, and obtained a court warrant for the August raid.</p>
<p>Some of the classified documents taken by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida home were discovered in his personal office, a court filing showed Friday, potentially bolstering allegations he mishandled secrets and obstructed justice.</p>.<p>The detailed list of what was seized in the August 8 raid on the former US president's Mar-a-Lago estate also showed Trump held on to more than 11,000 unclassified government records that he claims are his to keep -- but legally are owned by the National Archives.</p>.<p>The list appeared to provide support for the US Justice Department's unprecedented probe.</p>.<p>In their warrant for the raid, they cited the Espionage Act, which bans the retention and sharing of highly sensitive documents pertaining to national defense; the law against obstructing investigation; and a law against destruction of government documents.</p>.<p>Among the papers seized in the raid were 18 documents labelled "top secret", 53 labelled "secret" and another 31 marked "confidential".</p>.<p>Of those, seven top secret files, 17 secret files and three confidential files were retrieved from Trump's private office.</p>.<p>Agents also found several dozen empty folders labelled "classified" in the office, raising speculation that sensitive documents may have been lost or destroyed.</p>.<p>Much of what agents found there and in a separate storeroom was intermixed in boxes with Trump's personal legal files, clothing, gifts and books tossed together for moving in his final days in the White House in January 2021.</p>.<p>The list was unveiled in a federal court in Florida.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-s-tastes-in-intelligence-power-and-leverage-1141428.html" target="_blank">Trump’s tastes in intelligence: Power and leverage</a></strong></p>.<p>Trump has sued the government to have the documents turned over to a neutral "special master," a move which could slow the government's investigation and possibly allow him to regain control of files he does not want made public or used in other probes.</p>.<p>The August raid came after 15 months of haggling between Trump, the Archives and FBI over the records he took with him to Florida.</p>.<p>In January he gave 15 boxes of records to the Archives, which, after discovering top secret documents mixed in with them, informed the Justice Department.</p>.<p>Using a subpoena, in June top Justice officials visited the estate and collected another batch of classified files.</p>.<p>But it discovered that more remained there, and obtained a court warrant for the August raid.</p>