Read the full redacted affidavit the FBI used as a basis for Mar-a-Lago search (from NPR)

[ificandream]

Story text: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-full-redacted-affidavit-the-fbi-used-as-a-basis-for-mar-a-lago-search
Direct document link: https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2022/08/gov.uscourts.flsd_.617854.102.1-2.pdf

Comment: I'm still at a loss to figure why the Orange Dumbshit wants this stuff out when it is so damning. I guess he figures because his mini-brained magas will take what he says as gospel so will everyone else.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents.

The document, even in its redacted form, is likely to offer at least some new details about an ongoing criminal investigation that has brought fresh legal peril for Trump just as he lays the groundwork for another presidential run.

Though Justice Department officials were expected to have removed sensitive details about witnesses, and the scope and direction of the probe, the affidavit may offer the fullest description yet about the events leading up to the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.

First two paragraphs from the affidavit (misspellings not corrected):

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF AN
APPLICATION UNDER RULE 41 FOR A
WARRANT TO SEARCH AND SEIZE

(redacted), being first duly sworn, hereby depose and state as follows:

INTRODUCTION AND AGENT BACKGROUND
1. The government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper
removal and storage of classified information in unauthorized spaces, as well as the unlawful
concealment or removal of govermnent records. The investigation began as a result of a referral
the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) sent to the United
States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Febmary 9, 2022, hereinafter, "NARA Referral." The
NARA Referral stated that on January 18, 2022, in accordance with the Presidential Records Act
(PRA), NARA received from the office of former President DONALD J. TRUMP, hereinafter
"FPOTUS," via representatives, fifteen (15) boxes of records, hereinafter, the "FIFTEEN
BOXES." The FIFTEEN BOXES, which had been transpotted from the FPOTUS property at
1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480, hereinafter, the "PREMISES," a residence and club
known as "Mar-a-Lago," fmther described in Attachment A, were reported by NARA to contain,
among other things, highly classified documents intermingled with other records.

2. After an initial review of the NARA Referral, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) opened a criminal investigation to, among other things, determine how the documents
with classification markings and records were removed from the White House ( or any other authorized
location(s) for the storage of classified materials) and came to be stored at the PREMISES:
determine whether the storage location(s) at the PREMISES were authorized locations for the
storage of classified information; detennine whether any additional classified documents or
records may have been stored in an unauthorized location at the PREMISES or another unknown
location, and whether they remain at any such location; and identify any person(s) who may have
removed or retained classified infmmation without authorization and/or in an unauthorized space.

Edit: Adding one more paragraph:

Based upon the following facts, there is probable cause to believe that the locations
to be searched at the PREMISES contain evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items
illegally possessed in violation of18 U.S.C. §§ 793(e), 1519,or2071.

[Chainfire]

1. There is some really damning information that is blacked out.

I printed the whole thing, and when held up to a strong light, I was able to read the redacted portions. Trust me, Trump is in deep shit.

[ificandream]

2. I just did also. Thanks for the tip....

[dem4decades]

3. Trump was trying to blame GSA for packing the boxes. I thought I saw a response from GSA saying

they never packed the boxes. Does anyone have a link to that?