Alabama- Federal agents seized multiple documents labelled“classified”,“confidential” and“secret” from the office of former national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into whether Bolton mishandled defence records, according to court filings.

The seized documents marked as confidential appear to be about weapons of mass destruction, national“strategic communication” and the US mission to the United Nations, investigators wrote in a catalogued list of what was collected during the search in late August. The list did not specify when the documents are from. The FBI also seized phones and computer equipment at the time, according to the court filings that were unsealed on Tuesday.

More than a dozen pages in the affidavit have partial or full redactions. It is not clear what exactly the documents contained or why they were marked secret, confidential and classified.

Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Bolton, said in a statement Wednesday the documents didn't indicate any wrongdoing. He added that many of the documents were decades old, from Bolton's long career in the State Department, as an assistant attorney general and as the US ambassador to the United Nations.

“An objective and thorough review will show nothing inappropriate was stored or kept by Amb. Bolton,” Lowell said.

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