Classified documents were 'likely concealed and removed' from former President Trump's estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal probe, DOJ says.
By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Tuesday that classified documents were"likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.
It also included a picture of some of the seized documents bearing clear classification markings, perhaps as a way to rebut suggestions that whoever packed them or was handling them could have easily failed to appreciate their sensitive nature. That visit to Mar-a-Lago, which came weeks after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records, receives substantial attention in the document and appears to be a key investigative focus.
During that visit, the document says, Trump's lawyers told investigators that all the records that had come from the White House were stored in one location — a Mar-a-Lago storage room — 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."
It says,"In some instances, even the FBI counterintelligence personnel and DOJ attorneys conducting the review required additional clearances before they were permitted to review certain documents."
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