Agents assigned to former President Trump’s security detail at Mar-a-Lago have been interviewed by prosecutors, with about 24 asked to testify before the grand jury, two sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
’s handling of classified documents, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed Tuesday.
The sources said prosecutors have interviewed agents assigned to Trump’s security detail at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, about 24 of whom have been asked to testify before the grand jury. All complied, the sources said. The testimony occurred in the “past few months,” meaning not recently, since the grand jury has been on hiatus, the sources said.
Special counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents and other materials after federal agents retrieved thousands of government documents from Mar-a-Lago in August.A Secret Service agent guards President Donald Trump at a rally in Newport News, Va., in 2020.Trump has not been charged with any crime in connection with the classified documents.that a federal grand jury in Florida is expected to meet this week to hear evidence in Smith’s investigation.
Trump has said he did nothing wrong, and he has repeatedly called the investigation a “witch hunt.” He has also claimed that all of the documents were declassified.
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