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WaPo: FBI Searched Trump’s Residence for Classified Nuclear Arms Documents

HeadlineAug 12, 2022

The Washington Post reports the FBI was seeking, among other things, highly classified documents about U.S. nuclear weapons. Hours after Garland’s remarks, Donald Trump said in a statement he encouraged the immediate unsealing of the warrant. If Trump is proven to have mishandled classified documents, he could be guilty of a felony. In 2018, then-President Trump signed a bill upgrading the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, while increasing punishments for those who mishandle classified information.

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