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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Naughtie

Trump’s ex-press secretary denies being source of toilet images showing flushed documents

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Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has claimed that former president Donald Trump “did not handle classified documents properly” while in office – but has denied speculation that she was the source of images showing papers he had torn up floating in toilets.

Ms Grisham, who left the Trump administration after the 6 January Capitol riot, gave an interview just hours after federal agents on Monday searched Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida as part of an investigation into allegations that he removed classified documents from the White House.

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