Trump workers moved boxes just a day before DOJ raid
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Report: Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before FBI raid
Report: Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before FBI raid
The former president, according to the report, did a dress rehearsal with staff members to practice moving the document. New information expands the investigation and can help investigators move closer to a charge.
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Newly revealed details have revealed that two members of former US President Donald Trump’s staff moved boxes containing more than 11,000 sensitive government documents a day before Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and a US prosecutor attended. his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate. source, a US media report detailed that Trump and his employees participated in a “dress rehearsal”, practicing their moving of documents even before Trump received a subpoena in May last year. Staff members moved the boxers to a storage area on June 2, before Justice Department attorney Jay Bratt and officers arrived on June 3. A lawyer representing one of two staff members who moved boxes containing sensitive documents said his client did not know what was in the boxes at the time, and the individual was trying to help the valet of Trump, Walt Nauta. The timing of Trump’s “dress rehearsal” adds to the weight of the ongoing investigation into his actions and will expand the timeline of events investigators are examining: his May subpoena and the August 8 FBI raid. These new details will also help prosecutors decide whether to charge the former president with obstruction of justice or mishandling national security secrets. Trump’s legal team has shared a draft of their defense with members of Congress and are trying to reach US Attorney General Merrick Garland, suggesting a decision on whether to indict Trump may be close. However, a grand jury in the case has not met since May 5, shortly after Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to lead the investigation. Smith is also investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, in just one of many ongoing investigations into the former commander-in-chief.
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Investigators view the timing of the moved boxes, which included sensitive information regarding US national security interests and nuclear-related information, as suspicious, and are using the new evidence to approach a charge.
Newly revealed details have revealed that two members of former US President Donald Trump’s staff moved boxes containing more than 11,000 sensitive government documents a day before Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and a US prosecutor visited his estate from Florida Mar-a-Lago.
A lawyer representing one of two staff members who moved boxes containing sensitive documents said his client was unaware of what was in the boxes at the time and the individual was trying to help the valet of Trump, Walt Nauta.
Trump also kept classified documents in his office where they were visible, and sometimes brought those documents to show others, according to evidence gathered by prosecutors.
The timing of Trump’s “dress rehearsal” adds to the weight of the ongoing investigation into his actions and will expand the timeline of events investigators are examining: his May subpoena and the August 8 FBI raid.
These new details will also help prosecutors decide whether to charge the former president with obstruction of justice or mishandling national security secrets.
Trump’s legal team has shared a draft of his defense with members of Congress and is trying to get in touch with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, suggesting a decision on whether to indict Trump may be close.
However, a grand jury in the case has not met since May 5, shortly after Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to lead the investigation.
Smith is also investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, in one of several ongoing investigations into the former commander-in-chief.
The 2022 FBI raid in Florida saw Trump accuse Democrats of orchestrating the incident, saying the move was motivated by a desire to prevent the former president from running for a second term as president.
Trump claimed he had nothing wrong, going so far as to state that he had declassified government records he had transferred to his residence in Florida.
However, recent findings suggest that the US National Archives sent 16 documents that broke the correct declassification process during Trump’s tenure.
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