The FBI's justification for its raid on the home of former US president Donald Trump has been released - here's what it tells us
Within the first page we also get confirmation that the FBI investigation was sparked by a referral by NARA - the United States National Archives and Records Administration - after it received 15 boxes of documents from Mr Trump's team in January.Page one also mentions Mr Trump by name but does not say he is the specific target of the investigation. It says he will be referred to as FPOTUS in the document. This is an acronym for Former President Of The United States.
The affidavit states that"there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified NDI or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises" . Point four of page two reveals details of the FBI investigator who wrote the affidavit - he is a"counterintelligence and espionage" expert.
It differentiates"secret" from"top secret", it defines SCI - Sensitive Compartmented Information, Special Intelligence, and HUMINT - that is a designation for a report by a CIA officer based on conversations with a confidential human source overseas - a spy. Remember that the investigators told the judge who authorised the raid that the evidence was compelling.
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