Documents seized during an Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department says the classified documents were “likely hidden and removed” from a warehouse at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to thwart a federal investigation into the discovery of government records. The FBI also seized boxes and containers containing more than 100 classified files during its Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that presents the most detailed timeline yet months of tense interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump officials over the discovery of government secrets. The filing offers yet another indication of the vast amount of classified records recovered from Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. It shows how investigators conducting a criminal investigation focused not only on why the files were improperly stored there, but also on whether the Trump team deliberately misled them about the continued and illegal presence of the top-secret documents. The timeline set by the Justice Department made clear that the emergency search at Mar-a-Lago was conducted only after other efforts to retrieve the records failed and that it arose from law enforcement’s suspicion that additional documents remained at the property despite Trump’s assurances. representatives that a “diligent search” had uncovered all the material. It also included an image of some of the seized documents with colored covers showing their classified status, perhaps as a way to counter suggestions that whoever packaged or handled them at Mar-a-Lago could easily have failed to appreciate their sensitive nature. The photo shows the covers of a pile of classified documents bound together with paper clips — some marked “TOP SECRET//SCI” with bright yellow borders and one marked “SECRET//SCI” with a rust-colored border — along with white-out pages, spread out on a carpet at Mar-a-Lago. Next to them sits a cardboard box filled with gold-framed photos, including a Time magazine cover. While it contains important new details about the investigation, the Justice Department’s filing does not resolve a key question that has fascinated the public with the investigation — why Trump kept the documents after he left the White House, and why he and his team they resisted repeated attempts to give them back. In fact, it suggests officials may not have received a response. During a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by FBI and Justice Department officials, the document states: “Counsel for the former President offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records, including 38 documents, remained at the facility with graduation marking. almost five months after the production of Fifteen Boxes and almost a year and a half after the end of the Administration’. That visit, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, gets significant attention in the document and appears to be a key focus of the investigation. Although Trump said he had declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers did not suggest so during the visit and instead “handled them in a way that counsel believed the documents were classified.” according to the document. . FBI agents who went there to obtain additional material were given “a single Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape, containing the documents,” the affidavit states. That folder, according to the FBI, contained 38 uniquely marked documents, including 16 documents marked secret and 17 classified top secret. Investigators were allowed to visit the warehouse but were not allowed to open or look inside any of the boxes, “giving the government an opportunity to confirm that no classified documents remained,” the Justice Department says. During that visit, the document says, Trump’s lawyers told investigators that all records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago warehouse — and that “there were no other records stored in any private office space or other location at the Premises and that all available boxes were searched.” After that, however, the department, which had subpoenaed videos on the property, “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Vault and that efforts were likely made to obstruct the government’s investigation.” The filing does not identify the people who may have moved the boxes. In their search in August, agents found classified documents in both the warehouse and the former president’s office — including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in desks. “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, discovered twice as many redacted documents as the “diligent investigation” that the former President’s counsel and other representatives had weeks to conduct casts serious doubt on the statements made in the June 3 certification. and questions the extent of cooperation in this matter,” the document says. It says, “In some cases, even FBI counterintelligence personnel and Justice Department lawyers conducting the review required additional clearances before they were allowed to review certain documents.” The investigation began after a referral by the National Archives and Records Administration, which unearthed 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January that were found to contain 184 classified documents, including top secret information. The purpose of Tuesday night’s filing was to oppose a request by Trump’s legal team for a special master to review documents seized during this month’s search and return certain seized assets to him. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear arguments on the matter Thursday. Cannon said Saturday that it was her “preliminary intention” to appoint such a person, but also gave the Justice Department a chance to respond. On Monday, the department said it had already completed its review of the potentially privileged documents and identified a “limited set of materials that may contain privileged attorney-client information.” He said Tuesday that a special master was therefore “unnecessary” and that the presidential records removed from the home did not belong to Trump.
title: “Justice Department Cites Efforts To Block Probe Of Trump Estate Documents World News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Lucy Heidrick”
Documents seized during an Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department says the classified documents were “likely hidden and removed” from a warehouse at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to thwart a federal investigation into the discovery of government records. The FBI also seized boxes and containers containing more than 100 classified files during its Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that presents the most detailed timeline yet months of tense interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump officials over the discovery of government secrets. The filing offers yet another indication of the vast amount of classified records recovered from Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. It shows how investigators conducting a criminal investigation focused not only on why the files were improperly stored there, but also on whether the Trump team deliberately misled them about the continued and illegal presence of the top-secret documents. The timeline set by the Justice Department made clear that the emergency search at Mar-a-Lago was conducted only after other efforts to retrieve the records failed and that it arose from law enforcement’s suspicion that additional documents remained at the property despite Trump’s assurances. representatives that a “diligent search” had uncovered all the material. It also included an image of some of the seized documents with colored covers showing their classified status, perhaps as a way to counter suggestions that whoever packaged or handled them at Mar-a-Lago could easily have failed to appreciate their sensitive nature. The photo shows the covers of a pile of classified documents bound together with paper clips — some marked “TOP SECRET//SCI” with bright yellow borders and one marked “SECRET//SCI” with a rust-colored border — along with white-out pages, spread out on a carpet at Mar-a-Lago. Next to them sits a cardboard box filled with gold-framed photos, including a Time magazine cover. While it contains important new details about the investigation, the Justice Department’s filing does not resolve a key question that has fascinated the public with the investigation — why Trump kept the documents after he left the White House, and why he and his team they resisted repeated attempts to give them back. In fact, it suggests officials may not have received a response. During a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by FBI and Justice Department officials, the document states: “Counsel for the former President offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records, including 38 documents, remained at the facility with graduation marking. almost five months after the production of Fifteen Boxes and almost a year and a half after the end of the Administration’. That visit, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, gets significant attention in the document and appears to be a key focus of the investigation. Although Trump said he had declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers did not suggest so during the visit and instead “handled them in a way that counsel believed the documents were classified.” according to the document. . FBI agents who went there to obtain additional material were given “a single Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape, containing the documents,” the affidavit states. That folder, according to the FBI, contained 38 uniquely marked documents, including 16 documents marked secret and 17 classified top secret. Investigators were allowed to visit the warehouse but were not allowed to open or look inside any of the boxes, “giving the government an opportunity to confirm that no classified documents remained,” the Justice Department says. During that visit, the document says, Trump’s lawyers told investigators that all records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago warehouse — and that “there were no other records stored in any private office space or other location at the Premises and that all available boxes were searched.” After that, however, the department, which had subpoenaed videos on the property, “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Vault and that efforts were likely made to obstruct the government’s investigation.” The filing does not identify the people who may have moved the boxes. In their search in August, agents found classified documents in both the warehouse and the former president’s office — including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in desks. “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, discovered twice as many redacted documents as the “diligent investigation” that the former President’s counsel and other representatives had weeks to conduct casts serious doubt on the statements made in the June 3 certification. and questions the extent of cooperation in this matter,” the document says. It says, “In some cases, even FBI counterintelligence personnel and Justice Department lawyers conducting the review required additional clearances before they were allowed to review certain documents.” The investigation began after a referral by the National Archives and Records Administration, which unearthed 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January that were found to contain 184 classified documents, including top secret information. The purpose of Tuesday night’s filing was to oppose a request by Trump’s legal team for a special master to review documents seized during this month’s search and return certain seized assets to him. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear arguments on the matter Thursday. Cannon said Saturday that it was her “preliminary intention” to appoint such a person, but also gave the Justice Department a chance to respond. On Monday, the department said it had already completed its review of the potentially privileged documents and identified a “limited set of materials that may contain privileged attorney-client information.” He said Tuesday that a special master was therefore “unnecessary” and that the presidential records removed from the home did not belong to Trump.
title: “Justice Department Cites Efforts To Block Probe Of Trump Estate Documents World News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-11” author: “Emma Robles”
Documents seized during an Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department says the classified documents were “likely hidden and removed” from a warehouse at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to thwart a federal investigation into the discovery of government records. The FBI also seized boxes and containers containing more than 100 classified files during its Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that presents the most detailed timeline yet months of tense interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump officials over the discovery of government secrets. The filing offers yet another indication of the vast amount of classified records recovered from Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. It shows how investigators conducting a criminal investigation focused not only on why the files were improperly stored there, but also on whether the Trump team deliberately misled them about the continued and illegal presence of the top-secret documents. The timeline set by the Justice Department made clear that the emergency search at Mar-a-Lago was conducted only after other efforts to retrieve the records failed and that it arose from law enforcement’s suspicion that additional documents remained at the property despite Trump’s assurances. representatives that a “diligent search” had uncovered all the material. It also included an image of some of the seized documents with colored covers showing their classified status, perhaps as a way to counter suggestions that whoever packaged or handled them at Mar-a-Lago could easily have failed to appreciate their sensitive nature. The photo shows the covers of a pile of classified documents bound together with paper clips — some marked “TOP SECRET//SCI” with bright yellow borders and one marked “SECRET//SCI” with a rust-colored border — along with white-out pages, spread out on a carpet at Mar-a-Lago. Next to them sits a cardboard box filled with gold-framed photos, including a Time magazine cover. While it contains important new details about the investigation, the Justice Department’s filing does not resolve a key question that has fascinated the public with the investigation — why Trump kept the documents after he left the White House, and why he and his team they resisted repeated attempts to give them back. In fact, it suggests officials may not have received a response. During a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by FBI and Justice Department officials, the document states: “Counsel for the former President offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records, including 38 documents, remained at the facility with graduation marking. almost five months after the production of Fifteen Boxes and almost a year and a half after the end of the Administration’. That visit, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, gets significant attention in the document and appears to be a key focus of the investigation. Although Trump said he had declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers did not suggest so during the visit and instead “handled them in a way that counsel believed the documents were classified.” according to the document. . FBI agents who went there to obtain additional material were given “a single Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape, containing the documents,” the affidavit states. That folder, according to the FBI, contained 38 uniquely marked documents, including 16 documents marked secret and 17 classified top secret. Investigators were allowed to visit the warehouse but were not allowed to open or look inside any of the boxes, “giving the government an opportunity to confirm that no classified documents remained,” the Justice Department says. During that visit, the document says, Trump’s lawyers told investigators that all records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago warehouse — and that “there were no other records stored in any private office space or other location at the Premises and that all available boxes were searched.” After that, however, the department, which had subpoenaed videos on the property, “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Vault and that efforts were likely made to obstruct the government’s investigation.” The filing does not identify the people who may have moved the boxes. In their search in August, agents found classified documents in both the warehouse and the former president’s office — including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in desks. “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, discovered twice as many redacted documents as the “diligent investigation” that the former President’s counsel and other representatives had weeks to conduct casts serious doubt on the statements made in the June 3 certification. and questions the extent of cooperation in this matter,” the document says. It says, “In some cases, even FBI counterintelligence personnel and Justice Department lawyers conducting the review required additional clearances before they were allowed to review certain documents.” The investigation began after a referral by the National Archives and Records Administration, which unearthed 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January that were found to contain 184 classified documents, including top secret information. The purpose of Tuesday night’s filing was to oppose a request by Trump’s legal team for a special master to review documents seized during this month’s search and return certain seized assets to him. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear arguments on the matter Thursday. Cannon said Saturday that it was her “preliminary intention” to appoint such a person, but also gave the Justice Department a chance to respond. On Monday, the department said it had already completed its review of the potentially privileged documents and identified a “limited set of materials that may contain privileged attorney-client information.” He said Tuesday that a special master was therefore “unnecessary” and that the presidential records removed from the home did not belong to Trump.
title: “Justice Department Cites Efforts To Block Probe Of Trump Estate Documents World News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Mike Gillard”
Documents seized during an Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department says the classified documents were “likely hidden and removed” from a warehouse at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to thwart a federal investigation into the discovery of government records. The FBI also seized boxes and containers containing more than 100 classified files during its Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that presents the most detailed timeline yet months of tense interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump officials over the discovery of government secrets. The filing offers yet another indication of the vast amount of classified records recovered from Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. It shows how investigators conducting a criminal investigation focused not only on why the files were improperly stored there, but also on whether the Trump team deliberately misled them about the continued and illegal presence of the top-secret documents. The timeline set by the Justice Department made clear that the emergency search at Mar-a-Lago was conducted only after other efforts to retrieve the records failed and that it arose from law enforcement’s suspicion that additional documents remained at the property despite Trump’s assurances. representatives that a “diligent search” had uncovered all the material. It also included an image of some of the seized documents with colored covers showing their classified status, perhaps as a way to counter suggestions that whoever packaged or handled them at Mar-a-Lago could easily have failed to appreciate their sensitive nature. The photo shows the covers of a pile of classified documents bound together with paper clips — some marked “TOP SECRET//SCI” with bright yellow borders and one marked “SECRET//SCI” with a rust-colored border — along with white-out pages, spread out on a carpet at Mar-a-Lago. Next to them sits a cardboard box filled with gold-framed photos, including a Time magazine cover. While it contains important new details about the investigation, the Justice Department’s filing does not resolve a key question that has fascinated the public with the investigation — why Trump kept the documents after he left the White House, and why he and his team they resisted repeated attempts to give them back. In fact, it suggests officials may not have received a response. During a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by FBI and Justice Department officials, the document states: “Counsel for the former President offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records, including 38 documents, remained at the facility with graduation marking. almost five months after the production of Fifteen Boxes and almost a year and a half after the end of the Administration’. That visit, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, gets significant attention in the document and appears to be a key focus of the investigation. Although Trump said he had declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers did not suggest so during the visit and instead “handled them in a way that counsel believed the documents were classified.” according to the document. . FBI agents who went there to obtain additional material were given “a single Redweld envelope, double-wrapped in tape, containing the documents,” the affidavit states. That folder, according to the FBI, contained 38 uniquely marked documents, including 16 documents marked secret and 17 classified top secret. Investigators were allowed to visit the warehouse but were not allowed to open or look inside any of the boxes, “giving the government an opportunity to confirm that no classified documents remained,” the Justice Department says. During that visit, the document says, Trump’s lawyers told investigators that all records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago warehouse — and that “there were no other records stored in any private office space or other location at the Premises and that all available boxes were searched.” After that, however, the department, which had subpoenaed videos on the property, “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Vault and that efforts were likely made to obstruct the government’s investigation.” The filing does not identify the people who may have moved the boxes. In their search in August, agents found classified documents in both the warehouse and the former president’s office — including three classified documents found not in boxes, but in desks. “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, discovered twice as many redacted documents as the “diligent investigation” that the former President’s counsel and other representatives had weeks to conduct casts serious doubt on the statements made in the June 3 certification. and questions the extent of cooperation in this matter,” the document says. It says, “In some cases, even FBI counterintelligence personnel and Justice Department lawyers conducting the review required additional clearances before they were allowed to review certain documents.” The investigation began after a referral by the National Archives and Records Administration, which unearthed 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January that were found to contain 184 classified documents, including top secret information. The purpose of Tuesday night’s filing was to oppose a request by Trump’s legal team for a special master to review documents seized during this month’s search and return certain seized assets to him. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear arguments on the matter Thursday. Cannon said Saturday that it was her “preliminary intention” to appoint such a person, but also gave the Justice Department a chance to respond. On Monday, the department said it had already completed its review of the potentially privileged documents and identified a “limited set of materials that may contain privileged attorney-client information.” He said Tuesday that a special master was therefore “unnecessary” and that the presidential records removed from the home did not belong to Trump.
