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FBI says Trump docs likely moved in effort to obstruct probe

An image contained in a US Department of Justice court filing shows a photo of documents seized during the August 8, 2022 FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida [File: AP]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has said it has evidence that classified documents were deliberately concealed from federal investigators at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and that “efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation”.

The revelation, made in a court filing late on Tuesday, is the latest twist in the federal investigation of Trump’s removal of sensitive documents from the White House and follows an extraordinary raid of the former president’s property in August.

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