The FBI conducted a court-approved search on August 8 at Trump’s home at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach,seizing more than 11,000 documents including about 100 marked as classified.
The employee who was working at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida was cooperating with the Justice Department and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents,the newspaper reported,citing people familiar with the situation. The witness initially denied handling sensitive documents and in subsequent conversations with agents admitted to moving boxes at Trump’s request,the newspaper reported.
The Justice Department declined to comment.
A Trump spokesperson said the administration of US President Joe Biden had “weaponised law enforcement.”
“Every other President has been given time and deference regarding the administration of documents,as the President has the ultimate authority to categorise records,and what materials should be classified,” Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich told the newspaper.
Budowich accused the Justice Department of leaking “misleading and false information” to the media.