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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump Mar-a-Lago home searched over ‘likely’ efforts to hide files, DoJ says

The Department of Justice has released redacted photos of documents seized during the search of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The Department of Justice has released redacted photographs of documents seized during the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Photograph: AP

The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida after it obtained evidence there was probably an effort to conceal classified documents in defiance of a grand jury subpoena and despite Trump’s lawyers suggesting otherwise, the Department of Justice said in a court filing late on Tuesday night.

The filing, opposing Trump’s request for an independent review of materials seized, amounted to the most detailed picture of potential obstruction of justice yet outlined by the DoJ.

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