Several documents that Trump took from the White House to Mar-a-Lago were clearly marked as classified – and some were also labeled “top secret.”
A number of the documents that were recently retrieved by the National Archives from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate were clearly marked as classified – and some were also labeled “top secret,” according to new reporting fromknowledge of the documents that were retrieved confirmed reports from earlier this week that some of the documents were classified.
Classified documents are typically stored in safe and secure locations. A “top secret” classification applies to documents that can only be viewed by individuals with specific clearance credentials.
that the retrieval of the documents was routine and viewed as “no big deal.” But former federal prosecutor Brandon Van Grack told“The FBI would want and need to review the information and conduct an investigation to determine what occurred and whether any sources and methods were compromised,”Several lawmakers in Washington expressed anger over the revelations and said that the transfer of classified documents should be investigated.
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