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Ed Pilkington in New York

Senate intelligence chair urges judge to allow briefing on Trump Mar-a-Lago search

Virginia Democratic senator  Mark Warner.
Virginia Democratic senator Mark Warner. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

The Democratic chair of the US Senate intelligence committee has demanded that a federal judge allows the committee to be briefed on the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago and the potential damage caused by Donald Trump hoarding top secret documents at his private club.

Mark Warner, the US senator from Virginia, said that there was confusion over whether the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI were allowed to brief the Senate committee on their review of classified documents held at the former president’s club-resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

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