The newly released redacted affidavit said that former President Donald Trump's team was notified that his Florida home was not considered a secure facility.
The affidavit explained that someone referred to as"DOJ Counsel" sent a letter to a Trump counsel on June 8, exactly two months before theraided the former president's home. The letter"reiterated that the PREMISES [Mar-a-Lago] are not authorized to store classified information and requested the preservation of the STORAGE ROOM and boxes that had been moved from the White House to the PREMISES," the affidavit said.
A portion of the letter to Trump that was included in the affidavit read:"As I previously indicated to you, Mar-a-Lago does not include a secure location authorized for the storage of classified information. As such, it appears that since the time classified documents were removed from the secure facilities at the White House and moved to Mar-a-Lago on or around January 20, 2021, they have not been handled in an appropriate manner or stored in an appropriate location.
The affidavit added that the unnamed Trump counsel responded to the DOJ counsel on June 9 in an email that read:"I write to acknowledge receipt of this letter." Former President Donald Trump applauds upon arrival at the Conservative Political Action Conference on August 6, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. Trump's team had been notified that his Mar-a-Lago residence was not authorized to store classified documents, according to the redacted affidavit released by the Justice Department on Friday.
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