Posted on 08/23/2022 11:44:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives recovered 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, according to newly public government correspondence with the Trump legal team.
The numbers make clear the large volume of secret government documents recovered months ago from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, well before FBI officials returned there with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed an additional 11 sets of classified records. The warrant also reveals an FBI investigation into the potential unlawful retention of the records as well as obstruction of justice.
The figures on documents were included in a May 10 letter in which acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall told a lawyer for Trump, Evan Corcoran, that the Biden administration would not be honoring the former president’s claims of executive privilege over the documents.
Corcoran had weeks earlier requested additional time to review the materials in the boxes before the Archives turned them over to the FBI so that he could to determine if some were subject to executive privilege and therefore exempt from disclosure, according to the letter.
The letter was made public Tuesday on the website of the National Archives and Records Administration. It was earlier released Monday night on a website launched by John Solomon, who was appointed by Trump in June to be one of his designated representatives to the Archives and who is a Trump ally and conservative journalist.
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Yet they were totally fine him continuing to keep stuff even til June..please, this is nothing more than a records dispute..it wouldnt even be a blip on the radar if it wasn’t for the fact that Biden sent his hired goons to go after an ex president who will be running against him..gee Trump got impeached for asking about Biden to Zelenskyy yet Biden can send his goons to raid Trump’s house and its fine
THIS story EXONERATES Trump. AP too stupid to realize it.
Maybe they were not classified… these people are slow learners. The Prez can declassify anything.
The evil POS swamp set him up! Even Reporter Solomon on war room said so! They HAD everything set up the grand jury the courthouse the judge the works before the first document search. Only thing missing is the indictment which is coming very soon. These bastards are evil! This is worse than watergate. God please quickly in our lifetime repay those evil Demonic demons!
The country is infested with leftist and immigrants. Neither are credible or to be trusted.
All FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE and INADMISSABLE AS EVIDENCE because illegally obtained from an unconstitutional search that violated a show of PROBABLE CAUSE as required by the 4th Amendment.
“The numbers make clear the large volume of secret government documents recovered months ago from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate..”
This trash AP reporting is replete with bias. Whether the documents were in fact “secret” as opposed to having been declassified is a central issue of this fake scandal. Yet the “reporter” acts as if the classification of the documents has already been established.
He did declassify everything before he left office
National Archives staff boxed everything up and delivered it
This was a fishing expedition by the Nazis. Shows how desperate they are. Hoping for something to take support from Repubs before the midterms.
Not going to work. Dummies are on the ropes. Let’s pummel ‘em
It’s good you repeat what we’ve known for weeks. Thanks!
FIFY
They are not classified if Trump declassified them even with Classified Markings.
He did not have to answer to any Swamp Agency.
Who is leaking within the DOJ and FBI?
That’s the real question.
It looks like they will try to "reclassify" those docs. Eventually the courts will exonerate Trump (I hope), but it will take years. Lawfare.
It is my understanding that Trump (along with previous presidents) had a policy that anything he took from the White House was automatically declassified as soon as he left the building.
Although I’m guessing that while he was president, his vehicle, Air-Force One, etc. were still considered “the White House”.
Well I did a bit of research on Farnoush Amiri ......she’s anti-Trump, A demorat, pro-abortion etc.etc. The usual demorat. I also find her racist though undoubtedly she’d deny this.
Who cares they are the President’s personal Docs.
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