(CNN) The FBI sought to locate classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items, when agents searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this week, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post. The people did not offer additional details to the Post about "what type of information the agents were seeking" or whether any such documents were recovered, according to the paper. The revelation adds key context to the Justice Department's extraordinary decision to search the home of a former president. That led to FBI interviews with aides to grand jury subpoenas to this week's court-authorized search and seizure of documents. Though Attorney General Merrick Garland has declined to share specific details about the search, he said Thursday that he "personally approved" the decision to seek a warrant for the search of Trump's Florida home.

Source: Washington Post August 12, 2022 07:12 UTC