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Igor Derysh

Experts: Trump asked lawyer to "lie"

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

One of former President Donald Trump's lawyers refused his request in February to say that he had returned all of the documents taken to Mar-a-Lago, according to The Washington Post.

Trump in February asked attorney Alex Cannon to tell the National Archives and Records Administration that all of the documents had been returned. Cannon refused the request because "he was not sure that statement was true," sources told the Post. The FBI ultimately found thousands more documents when they searched Trump's residence in August as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents and obstruction.

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