Investigators have cast a wider net as they scrutinize whether Trump broke the law in taking sensitive government materials upon leaving the White House and not fully complying with demands for their return. Information is sought on Trump's foreign deals:
Former President and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire on April 27, 2023.
The subpoena — drafted by the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith — sought details on the Trump Organization’s real estate licensing and development dealings in seven countries: China, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, according to the people familiar with the matter. The subpoena sought the records for deals reached since 2017, when Trump was sworn in as president.
Among the government documents discovered in Trump’s possession were some related to Middle Eastern countries, according to a person familiar with Smith’s work. And when the FBI executed a search warrant in August 2022 at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and residence in Florida, among the items recovered was material related to President Emmanuel Macron of France, according to court records.
Since it became public that Trump had hundreds of classified documents at his private properties, including Mar-a-Lago, in early 2022, people close to him have said that he often referred to the boxes of material that federal officials wanted back as “mine.” Trump’s comments about the records being his personal property were in line with advice he was said to have received from Tom Fitton, the head of the conservative group Judicial Watch, who has given testimony to prosecutors investigating the case, according to people familiar with their conversations.
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