A document outlining a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in an FBI search last month of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Post report, which cited people familiar with the matter, did not identify the foreign government discussed in the document, nor did it say whether the foreign government was friendly or hostile to the United States. An FBI spokesman declined to comment on the report. Trump’s representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The FBI discovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court filings. According to the Post report, some of the seized documents detail top-secret operations in the US that require special certifications, not just a top-secret clearance. Some of the documents are so restricted that even some of the top national security officials in the Biden administration were not authorized to review them, the Post reported. The US Department of Justice is investigating Trump for removing government records from the White House after he leaves in January 2021 and storing them at Mar-a-Lago. On Monday, a federal judge agreed to Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review records seized during the FBI probe, a move that is likely to delay the Justice Department’s criminal investigation. Our Morning Update and Afternoon Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines. Sign up today.
