Attorneys for former U.S. President Donald Trump (2017-2021) said before the trial judge this Wednesday: Confidential documents found at his mansion in Mar-a-Lago (Florida, USA) were in a safe place. In a summary submitted to the judge, lawyers stated that among the presidential documents Trump received from the White House, it was “expected” to contain material that was strictly classified due to the nature of the position he held.
Judge Aileen Cannon summoned Trump’s attorneys and the US Department of Justice to a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday. The FBI is at his Florida mansion looking for official documents. Trump also demanded a more detailed receipt of what was confiscated and the return of anything not included in the court order authorizing the search.
Judge Cannon was willing to appoint an expert to oversee the search of Trump’s Palm Beach mansion and private club, Mar-a-Largo, where he had his legal address, but Will listen to the parties before making a decision. The hearing in the West Palm Beach federal courts will take place two days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) notifies the judge of a possible “obstruction” charge to processing classified documents in Mar-a-Lake. According to the DOJ, some of the documents found in a search on Aug. hidden and removed from a repository”.
The U.S. government had repeatedly asked Trump to turn them over if he had received classified documents from the White House, but the former president’s entourage responded evasively. FBI agents found Moreover 100 documents Ads that Trump didn’t deliver to the authorities despite the requirements.
More than 50 pages of documents (including exhibits) submitted by the DOJ to Judge Cannon Tuesday night provide a timeline for the handling of materials subsequently seized since Trump left the White House in January 2021. According to the article, their storage documents are not protected by the Executive Privilege figure who would correspond to him as president, but they should have been stored in the National Archives as required by law.