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sources close to the former President Donald Trump He told Fox News on Thursday that a new report suggesting an informant informed the FBI about classified documents allegedly stored at Mar-a-Lago was “irrelevant.”
Sources reasoned that Trump and the former president’s representatives had been “collaborating” with the FBI and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for a year.
The source’s comments follow reports that the FBI has received information suggesting there may be additional classified documents on Mar-a-Lago beyond what Trump turned over.
The Trump office received a grand jury subpoena in the spring over classified documents allegedly taken from the White House when he resigned as president in 2021, a source close to Trump told Fox News. . FBI on June 3rd.
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The subpoena was issued to the “president’s custodian,” according to sources, on materials NARA was trying to collect after Trump alleged he improperly brought classified records from Washington, D.C., to Mar-a-Lago. was related..
On June 3rd, the FBI visited Mar-a-Lago and retrieved the requested materials. subpoena documentTrump complied, a source told Fox News.
These agents toured a resort in Florida where several documents were kept, briefly browsed, and stored a small amount of potentially sensitive material. Another source told Fox News that federal agents have spoken to at least one person who may have more sensitive national security material in its vaults and elsewhere on the premises. He said he told her about her sex.
That day, an FBI official asked to see the storage facility where the records were located. The FBI asked staff to lock the storage room, and it was done.
Trump and his staff have committed, and continue to do so, to comply with the Presidential Records Act, which requires the presidential administration to preserve certain documents, according to this source.
Trump staffers have been interviewed by the FBI over the past few months regarding the NARA investigation, according to sources.
The FBI interviewed the staff who moved the box from the White House, administrative staff, and others who helped organize Trump’s departure from the Oval Office, and questioned those individuals about their involvement in the move. I asked.
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“The reality is, if you talk to people leaving the White House on some part of the administration, they’ll always say it’s a chaotic one.” “It’s not uncommon for NARA and former officials to communicate about the documents and whether they should have left or stayed in the White House,” he added. .
“Even if there was an informant, even if there was someone who told the FBI that all these things were in Mar-a-Lago, the president and his team had been working together for a year, so the FBI didn’t believe it. The source has been added.
Investigators also spoke to at least one witness about the existence of classified material remaining in the basement of Mar-a-Lago. Those sources do not characterize the person as an “informant” or information received as a “tip.”
The attack was reported earlier this year by Trump I got 15 boxes Presidential records to his private residence in Florida. These boxes allegedly contained “classified national security information” and official correspondence between Trump and foreign heads of state.
NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and “identified items in the boxes marked as classified national security information.” The matter was referred by NARA to the Ministry of Justice.
Trump received a subpoena for classified records this spring
Confidential materials reportedly seized by the FBI during Monday’s investigation included a letter from former President Barack Obama to Trump, a letter from Kim Jong Un, a birthday dinner menu and cocktail napkins.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would “personally” approve the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and unseal the warrant and receipt of property from Monday’s search. It announced that it had submitted a motion to the district.
Shortly after Garland released a rare public statement from DOJ, Trump posted on his TRUTH Social.
“My lawyers and agents worked together fully and had a very good relationship,” Trump said. would have been possible.
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“I’ve been asked to install an additional lock in a specific area — done!” he added. “All was well, better than most previous presidents. Then, out of nowhere and without warning, at 6:30 in the morning he was sacked by a very large number of agents in Maa his Lago. Raided and even “safecrackers.”
“They were way ahead of us. Crazy!”