DOJ releases redacted image showing some of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago with many of them carrying “Secret” and “Top Secret” markings
The FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence was carried out after the Justice Department obtained evidence that classified government documents were hidden or moved by the former president and his aides despite their previous assurances that all such material had been returned, the DOJ disclosed in aThis image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice and redacted by in part by theFBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug.
According to the filing, the Mar-A-Lago search was carried out after prosecutors suspected that sensitive government materials were “likely concealed or removed” in a possible attempt to “obstruct the government’s investigation.”also disclosed that the FBI’s search recovered more than 100 documents that were marked classified, including three documents from desks in Trump’s office.
That’s “more than twice the amount” of classified documents that Trump’s attorneys returned in June in response to a DOJ subpoena—despite his attorney claiming in a sworn legal document that those were all the remaining documents they found following a “diligent search.”Monday a filter team had already reviewed all the documents and identified a “limited set of materials” that may be covered by attorney-client privilege.
The DOJ has also released a redacted image showing some of the documents seized from Mar-A-Lago with many of them carrying “Secret” and “Top Secret” markings.on his social network Truth Social on Wednesday, saying, “Terrible the way the FBI ... threw documents haphazardly all over the floor , and then started taking pictures of them for the public to see.
executive privilege doesn’t apply in this case. If the court sides with Trump and allows documents to be withheld due to executive privilege, it could affect the scope of documents the DOJ reviews, though legal experts told theTrump’s attorneys asked for a special master on August 22, two weeks after FBI officials searched Mar-A-Lago in connection with an ongoing probe into White House documents Trump brought back with him to his Florida estate.
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