FILE - Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
In a maze of justice, how many secrets lie hidden? Today, court documents reveal that eight search warrants and affidavits were filed in the federal case against former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents.
Prosecutors are keeping the content, locations, and devices targeted by these warrants under wraps. So how far does the rabbit hole go?
Recently unsealed motions tied to media outlets’ attempts to gain information about last year’s search warrant served at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence revealed additional search warrants and affidavits.
Details of seven of these warrants remain a mystery, and they don’t necessarily imply seven separate physical locations were searched.
FILE – This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and partially redacted by the source, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. In the weeks since the FBI searched the estate and seized about 100 documents with classification markings, Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong and argued he declassified the information. On Sept. 21, he said in a Fox News interview that a president can declassify material “even by thinking about it.” (Department of Justice via AP)This photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
These additional warrants could encompass storage facilities, other parts of Mar-a-Lago, digital devices, or online accounts.
The documents were revealed to the legal teams representing Trump and his aide, Walt Nauta, who have both been charged.
Trump faces 37 counts for willfully retaining national defense information, conspiring to obstruct justice, and making false statements. Nauta faces six felony counts for allegations of assisting Trump in hiding national security files.
White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.
