Investigators reportedly find more classified material in Trump's Florida storage locker
Investigators hired by former President Donald Trump have reportedly found additional material marked as classified among his belongings, reigniting questions of what other items might remain in his possession following the court-approved search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in August.
Both The New York Times and The Washington Post on Wednesday reported that a search team hired by Trump found two documents marked as classified. The documents were in a storage locker rented by the federal General Services Administration to temporarily house items taken as part of the former president's return to private life in 2021.
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A Trump spokesman insisted to the Times that the former president's attorneys "continue to be cooperative and transparent, despite the unprecedented, illegal and unwarranted attack against President Trump and his family by the weaponized Department of Justice."
However, the discovery of additional classified material has raised the specter that other sites beyond Mar-a-Lago may have contained additional, as-of-yet unfound items. According to a Post source, the storage facility in which these latest items were found also contained "suits and swords and wrestling belts and all sorts of things."
"To my knowledge, [Trump] has never even been to that storage unit," the person added. "I don't think anyone in Trump World could tell you what's in that storage unit."
Last month, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed former DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith to serve as special counsel, overseeing the department's Trump-focused investigations.
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