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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Karl Rove tells Fox News that Trump wasn’t allowed to take papers from White House: ‘It’s verboten’

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Former George W Bush administration adviser Karl Rove tore into Donald Trump on Wednesday for taking sensitive White House documents to Mar-a-Lago, saying the former president had “no right to do so” under the law.

“Let’s be clear on this. None of these government documents are his to have taken,” Mr Rove said, interrupting a host on Fox News who referred to some of the documents in question as belonging to Mr Trump.

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