Trump team turns over additional classified records and laptop to federal prosecutors

Former President Donald Trump’s authorized staff turned over extra paperwork with categorised markings and a laptop computer belonging to an aide to federal prosecutors in current months, a number of sources acquainted with the investigation informed CNN.

The Trump attorneys additionally handed over an empty folder marked “Categorized Night Briefing,” sources mentioned.

The beforehand undisclosed handovers – from December and January – recommend the protracted effort by the Justice Division to repossess data from Trump’s presidency will not be performed.

The Trump attorneys found the paperwork with categorised markings in December, whereas looking by way of bins on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The attorneys subsequently handed them over to the Justice Division.

A Trump aide had beforehand copied those self same paperwork onto a thumb drive and laptop computer, not realizing they have been categorised. The laptop computer, which belonged to an aide, who works for Save America PAC, and the thumb drive have been additionally given to investigators in January.

Particular counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, which is pursuing attainable prison costs associated to Trump’s dealing with of nationwide safety data and obstruction of justice, had subpoenaed Trump final Could for all categorised data in his possession.

FBI brokers seized categorised paperwork and different presidential data throughout a search final August. The Trump staff additionally discovered extra paperwork in a Florida storage facility and turned them over to the FBI.

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