
The US government has found more than 300 documents marked 'classified' at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence, including materials from the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI, the New York Times reported on Monday. cites many insiders on the matter.
Previously, another set of more than 150 documents marked as classified was found by the US National Archives in January, the US newspaper reported.
Trump's lawyers turned over a second set of materials to the US Department of Justice in June, while a third set of materials was seized during an FBI raid earlier this month, the New York Times reports.
The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment on the data.
Neither the representatives of the former president gave comments to the newspaper.
Trump appealed to a federal court on Monday asking it to temporarily block the FBI from reviewing the materials it obtained Aug. 8 from his Mar-a-Lago home until a special agent is appointed to oversee the investigation.
The search is part of a federal investigation into whether Trump illegally obtained the documents when he left office in January 2021 after losing the presidential election.
During its search, the FBI seized 11 sets of classified material at Mar-a-Lago, some of which were labeled "top secret" — the highest level of classification reserved for the most sensitive U.S. national security information. and which can only be viewed in special government facilities.