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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

Trump lawyer contradicts claim secret papers were declassified before correcting herself in latest gaffe

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An attorney for Donald Trump appeared to contradict the former president’s claim that documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago residence were “declassified”, saying she didn’t have clearance to handle the “classified” documents before quickly correcting herself.

Alina Habba, in an interview with Sean Spicer on Newsmax on Thursday, said she is not working directly on the former president’s legal case regarding the seizure of documents at Mar-a-Lago.

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