Empty 'classified' folders found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home

New inventory shares more details on what the FBI seized during search of former president's home

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  A redacted FBI photograph of classified documents recovered from a container in former president Donald Trump's estate at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Reuters

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  The FBI searched Mr Trump's home over what it said were 'likely' efforts to conceal classified files. AFP

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  The Mar-a-Lago property was raided by agents on August 8. Reuters

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  Pages from a Department of Justice court filing in response to a request from Mr Trump's legal team for a 'special master' to review the documents seized. AP

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  Journalists read a heavily redacted court document relating to the FBI search. AP

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  The former president condemned the raid as 'the weaponisation of the justice system'. AP

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  Pages from a Department of Justice court filing, in response to a request from Mr Trump's legal team. AP

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  Mr Trump had faced accusations of deleting private communications during investigations into his alleged role in the storming of the Capitol building on January 6 by his supporters. Reuters

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  Mr Trump departs Trump Tower for a deposition two days after the FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago home. Reuters

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  Pages of entirely redacted information in the released version of an affidavit from the US Justice Department that was submitted to a judge to support the execution of the FBI search warrant. Reuters

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  Mr Trump was also accused of taking a trove of classified documents from the White House, leading to speculation that those missing documents could have been the focus of the raid. Reuters

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  Mr Trump set up his Save America political action committee days after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden. EPA

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  A Trump supporter outside the Paul S Rogers Federal Building and US Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. AP

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  Mr Trump reportedly had more than 300 classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. AP

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  US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about the FBI's search warrant. Reuters

A US federal judge on Friday unsealed a document from the FBI search of former president Donald Trump's home, providing a more detailed look at what was obtained by the government.

The inventory document shares the contents of the 33 boxes that law enforcement took from the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last month, confirming that hundreds of government documents and photographs were found there.

Some included “secret”, “classified” and “top secret” markings — indicating material with information that requires some of the highest levels of security clearance to view and obtain.

The FBI said it found dozens of empty folders with “classified” labels on them and folders saying they should be returned “to staff secretary/military aide”.

It did not say why the folders were empty or where the documents they contained may be.

The inventory provides more information than an initial FBI search warrant that was also unsealed.

It reveals how the highly sensitive documents were intermingled with clothing, stacks of magazines and newspapers, gifts, books and clothing.

Hundreds of non-classified US government photographs and documents were also found.

FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago on August 8, as part of a Department of Justice probe into whether Mr Trump and his team violated the Espionage Act, among other federal laws.

The probe has revealed that the US government believes Mr Trump's team may have obstructed formal federal requests to return documents moved from the White House after his presidency ended in January 2021.

The Justice Department has completed its review of the materials obtained in the search, and Mr Trump is still requesting a special master to oversee its review.

A judge on Thursday did not rule whether one would be assigned to the case.