He had 5 boxes that he admitted to having.. and when those were returned, classified materials were in the boxes. While there IS a lot of animosity towards Trump, there is also reason to believe that there may be more to this and I'm betting someone that has spoken with officials gave them reason to conduct the search. Originally Posted by Grace PrestonThe NYT said he turned over 15 boxes, not 5. Apparently this just whetted the DOJ's appetite for more. We need to learn what classified materials were allegedly there. They could have been used as a pretext for a search warrant, just like the fabricated Steele dossier was a pretext to spy on Trump's 2016 campaign. Don't ex-Presidents normally get to work with the National Archives to retain official documents for their Presidential Libraries?
This sounds petty, not worthy of a search warrant... unless the REAL motive is to find docs that may not be classified or criminal, but can still be used to embarrass Trump. I'll bet the FBI hauled a nice treasure trove back to DC and will soon debrief Biden and Garland on all the juicy stuff they found, like Stormy Daniels' panties.