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Trump took classified items to Mar-a-Lago, National Archives says

The House of Representatives oversight committee has been looking into Trump's handling of records while in office [File: Marco Bello/Reuters]

Classified information was found in the 15 boxes of White House records that were stored at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, the National Archives and Records Administration has said in a letter that confirmed the matter has been sent to the Justice Department.

The letter from the agency on Friday follows numerous reports about Trump’s handling of sensitive and even classified information during his time as president and after he left the White House.

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