Former United States President Donald Trump will have a “last chance” to show before September 30 what evidence the FBI itself allegedly deposited during the search of his residence at the Mar-a-Lago resort last month. American media report that.
During the Aug. 8 search of the Florida estate, FBI agents found information that Trump said they had deposited there themselves. The former president and his lawyers have repeated that claim several times in recent weeks, without providing evidence.
An independent adjudicator appointed by the court last week, former Judge Raymond Drearie, is now giving Trump a “last chance” to identify exactly which documents are involved. By Monday, the administration must provide Trump’s lawyers with copies of all unclassified items.
Next, Trump’s team must prepare a statement indicating which documents would have been deposited in Mar-a-Lago by someone else. Dreerie must review the more than 11,000 government documents, some of which have the highest level of secrecy.
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Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice is allowed to continue with the investigation into the secret documents that were found during the search. A judge had already decided that on Wednesday.
The criminal investigation includes whether confidential papers were withheld and whether an attempt was made to thwart a federal investigation. Both offenses are punishable. According to Trump, he has ensured that the documents in question are no longer secret during his presidency, but according to the court no evidence has been found.
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