FBI found classified document on foreign power’s nuclear capabilities at Trump home: report
- Trump is under investigation for removing government records, some highly classified, and keeping them in his Mar-a-Lago home
- FBI search at Trump’s home found documents about a foreign government’s nuclear defence system, report says
One of the classified documents seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at former US president Donald Trump’s Florida residence described the nuclear capabilities and military defences of a foreign power, The Washington Post reported.
The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with the case, said that some of the documents found in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence were so highly classified that only the president and cabinet or near-cabinet level officials would be cleared to authorise other government officials to access them.
It did not name the country whose defence and nuclear capabilities were cited in the document.
Trump representatives and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
According to the Post, such documents require special clearances on a need-to-know basis, rather than a generic top-secret clearance.
There were no details as to where in the residence, which also serves as a private members club, the highly sensitive material was found, or under what type of security.