According to some documents, former President TrumpDonald Trump62% of the electorate says Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president, his Mar-a-Lago would have been marked as “top secret,” according to a new report from the Washington Post.
Citing two other people familiar with the matter, The Post reported Thursday that some of the documents Trump brought to his Florida club after leaving the White House were obviously classified as secret, while others were marked as “top secret,” which is the highest. . level of classified information.
It’s unclear how many classified documents were retrieved through the National Archives, according to The Post. Two resources told the newspaper that some documents had labels indicating that the data they contained was very sensitive and would only be available to a few other people with sufficient permission. to review those details.
News broke Monday that the National Archives and Records Administration had recovered several boxes of documents from the White House at Mar-a-Lago last month, containing communications documents, gifts and letters from world leaders.
The Post said the garage of those documents in the former president’s apartment raised considerations about the Presidential Records Act, which requires that documents related to a president’s official duties be safeguarded.
The New York Times reported Thursday that some of the documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago may have been classified. An unnamed source told the newspaper that possible classified documents were found when 15 boxes of presidential documents were recovered from the Florida club.
The Hill reached out to the Archives and Trump for comment.
The National Archives has reportedly asked the Justice Department to investigate Trump’s handling of documents similar to his time in the White House following reports of files seized at Mar-a-Lago.
The Post reported Wednesday that the reference to the National Archives prompted a verbal exchange among federal prosecutors that Trump committed a crime by failing to hand over the records in a kind manner.
However, it is unclear whether the branch will go ahead with such an effort.
Trump reacted Thursday to reports that White House documents had been seized at Mar-a-Lago, writing that the archives “openly and voluntarily organized” the transfer of “boxes containing letters, files, newspapers, magazines and miscellaneous articles. “” with him.
“The media’s characterization of my relationship with NARA is fake news. Exactly the opposite! It has been a great honor to collaborate with NARA to help officially maintain Trump’s legacy. “
He said the documents were passed “easily and without conflict and in a very friendly manner,” arguing that the scenario “considered the regime and ‘it’s not a big deal. ‘”
He also denounced a story through New York Times reporter Maggie HabermanMaggie Lindsy Haberman Hill’s campaign report: CPAC is back Selling documents becomes poisonous for Trump Press: It’s time for Merrick Garland to empty Donald Trump’s new eBook MORE, who said White House staff members notice torn published papers clogged the toilet in the presidential apartment. when Trump was in power.
Axios reported on the excerpt from Haberman’s book, titled “Confidence Man,” which is expected to be in October.
Trump reports a “false story. “
Updated at 6:42 p. m.
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