Between swords and wrestling belts
More classified documents found in Trump storage room
Donald Trump is said to have stolen even more secret documents from the White House. He is said to have stored them between wrestling belts and swords.
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Donald Trump is apparently hiding even more secret documents.
According to media reports, at least two other secret documents emerged during a search of a storage room in the state of Florida used by former US President Donald Trump (76).
A team hired by Trump himself made the find, the Washington Post and the US broadcaster CNN reported on Wednesday, citing informants familiar with the matter. The documents, which were not described in detail, were handed over to the federal police FBI.
Was Trump ever in this storage room?
According to the Washington Post, a source said of the items found: “There were suits, swords, wrestling belts and all sorts of things.” And further: “As far as I know, he has never been in this storage room. I don’t think anyone in the Trump world could tell you what’s in that storage room.”
Trump’s team examined the storage room as part of a larger search of several Republican properties, it said. Trump had previously been asked to comment on whether he had given the FBI all documents classified as confidential, secret or top secret.
Wrestling for secret documents
The background to this is the dispute over the handling of government documents that has been going on for months: On August 8, the FBI searched Trump’s private property Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach (Florida) and confiscated documents there with the notes “Secret” and “Top Secret”. from his tenure.
Prior to that, the National Archives — which is responsible for storing presidential records — had been trying for months to get Trump’s papers. By storing the papers at his home, the 76-year-old could have been guilty. The investigation is also about the allegation of obstruction of justice. (SDA/euc)