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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg and Gustaf Kilander

Prosecutors begin probe into secret official documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago after leaving White House

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Department of Justice is now investigating whether former President Donald Trump or any of his aides violated federal law by mishandling classified documents which ended up at his Florida home instead of being returned to the National Archives at the end of his term.

According to the New York Times, prosecutors have issued a subpoena to obtain the documents from the archives and have requested interviews with several people who worked in the White House during the waning days of Mr Trump’s presidency.

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