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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump lawyer told to certify Mar-a-Lago document search she did not conduct

An itemized list of property seized in the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, is signed by Christina Bobb.
Christina Bobb’s signature appears on an itemized list of property seized by the FBI at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters

Donald Trump’s lawyer Christina Bobb was instructed to certify to the justice department that all sensitive government documents stored at his Mar-a-Lago resort subpoenaed by a grand jury had been returned, though she had not herself conducted the search for the records.

The certification of subpoena compliance appears to be at the center of a criminal investigation into obstruction of justice surrounding the former US president after the assurance was proved to be untrue when the FBI’s search of the property turned up more than 100 more documents marked classified.

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