An image purporting to show a fundraising appeal under Mr. Trump’s name on Thursday was found to be fake, according to a review by The Associated Press. The email in the altered image – which was never actually sent by Save America Pac – said “Nuclear codes are 15-25-50-80” and asked if Mr Trump could count on recipients to donate a amount ranging from 15 to 80 dollars. “Trump’s team did not send this email, a spokesperson confirmed. A real email with the same subject line and banner image contained different text,” the AP said after its review. The image circulated on social media hours after the Washington Post and New York Times reported that the FBI’s investigation into Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida, mansion turned into a private social club where Trump maintains his main residence. with the alleged retention of documents related to some of America’s most closely guarded nuclear secrets. Trump said he would not oppose a Justice Department request for the Florida judge who authorized the search of his property to unseal the warrant, which was made public on Friday. If the former president is found to have had highly classified material related to nuclear weapons or similar capabilities in his home, he could face criminal charges for unauthorized possession of classified information. Although a sitting president has broad authority to view and disseminate classified material, Mr. Trump lost that ability when President Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021. The original version of this article published on August 12th incorrectly suggested that the fundraising email in the image was real. The article was updated on August 13 to clarify that the image had been tampered with and that the email it purported to show was not real.
