The department noted that “all evidence - including the nature and manner in which they were stored” - will inform their investigation. That they were kept with Trump’s belongings - and in some cases, in his office - could be an important detail for the DOJ, one they alluded to in their filing. The inventory list notes that the records were found mixed with clothes, books and other personal effects as well as some 10,000 presidential records that likely should be maintained by the National Archives. Larry Pfeiffer, who previously served as senior director of the White House Situation Room and was chief of staff at the CIA, said the system for tracking classified documents should allow investigators to account for what information should be in the folders and determine if it is still on site.īut he expressed concern that the fact that they even ended up at Mar-a-Lago could mean proper record-keeping - even with career national security staffers on hand at the White House - may not have been taken seriously. The DOJ has argued such a move is unnecessary as its own team of staff not assigned to the case has already reviewed the evidence for privileged material.īeyond the empty folders, the Friday inventory details in broad strokes the other types of documents that were found within Trump’s office among the tranche of more than 100 recovered classified records: three documents marked confidential, 17 documents marked secret and seven documents marked top-secret.
District Judge Aileen Cannon shortly before she heard arguments from Trump’s legal team asking to stall the FBI investigation so that a third-party special master could review the evidence to protect what they claim could be privileged material. Trump hits back at ‘weak and pathetic RINO’ Barr after comments defending DOJ
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