U.S. Intelligence to Assess Security Threats from Trump's Seized Documents Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes sent a letter to Congress promising to assess the potential national security risk from documents found during a search of the ex-president
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U.S. intelligence will assess the potential national security risk if documents found during a search of former President Donald Trump's residence become public, Reuters and Politico report, citing a letter from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes to the chairman of the House Intelligence Select Committee. Adam Schiff and House Oversight Committee Chairperson Carolyn Maloney.
“We are pleased that, in response to our appeal, Director Haynes confirmed that intelligence and the Department of Justice are assessing the damage that may have been caused by the improper storage of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago, — Maloney and Schiff said in a statement cited by Politico.
On August 26, the DOJ released an affidavit (authenticated affidavit) from an FBI agent who said the bureau had identified 184 documents containing “national defense information” after after Trump returned 15 boxes of papers to the US National Archives. They, according to the testimony, also contained handwritten notes of the ex-president.
According to Schiff and Maloney, the published testimony “confirms serious concerns” Congress because among the documents found at the Trump residence, there are those that can cause damage.
On August 8, FBI agents raided the residence of the former American leader. The National Archives and Records Administration suggested in February that Trump had taken 15 boxes of documents, including classified documents, from the White House. The papers were later returned, but the DOJ initiated the issuance of a search warrant by the FBI to make sure the agents made sure that he had no documents removed.
According to the inventory of the seized, 11 sets of documents were found in Mar-a-Lago, on some of them were labeled “confidential”, “secret”, “top secret”; and “confidential classified information.” The former president was suspected, among other things, of violating the law on espionage, wrote Politico.
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