The DOJ said that documents were “concealed and removed” from a storage room and that efforts were “likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation.”
A federal judge will hear arguments on Thursday after former President Donald Trump requested a special master review documents taken during last month’s search of his Mar-a-Lago resort.The DOJ said 28 boxes that contained confidential information were taken from Mar-a-Lago earlier this month. Some of the information was considered top secret.
Trump’s request to have a third party review the documents is opposed by the Department of Justice. Trump’s legal team has argued that last month’s search was politically motivated and that the DOJ cannot be trusted with the documents. As part of its standard procedure following searches, a filter team sorted documents relevant to the investigation while removing those where attorney-client privilege could be invoked. The filter team involves a different group of agents who are not involved in the probe.
The DOJ’s response also claimed that Trump does not have legal standing over the presidential records, saying that those records do not belong to Trump. Prosecutors also say that the “appointment of a special master is unnecessary and would significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests. Appointment of a special master is disfavored in a case such as this.”“Number one, it was all declassified,” Trump wrote.
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