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What does the FBI search warrant say for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? Read for yourself

By Devoun Cetoute and Michelle Marchante

August 12, 2022 4:25 PM

The warrant that agents used to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach on Monday has been unsealed and released.

A Florida federal court ordered the release of the warrant Friday afternoon after the Justice Department motioned to make it public. The warrant revealed that Trump is under investigation for possible Espionage Act violations dealing with national “defense information.”

Trump is also being investigated on potential charges of obstruction of justice and removing government records, including destroying documents.

Here’s what the warrant says:

Unsealed FBI Search Warrant by Devoun Cetoute on Scribd

Devoun Cetoute

Miami Herald

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription

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