The Trump team referred to the documents that were seized as “purported” classified records, suggesting his lawyers do not concede the DOJ's contention that highly sensitive documents were found by the FBI in its Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
WASHINGTON — A criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information at former President Donald Trump's Florida home has “spiraled out of control," his lawyers said Monday in urging a judge to leave in place a directive that temporarily halted core aspects of the Justice Department's probe.
The 21-page filing underscores the significant factual and legal disagreements between lawyers for Trump and the U.S. government as the Justice Department looks to move forward with its criminal investigation into the illegal retention of national defense information at Mar-a-Lago and into the potential obstruction of that probe.granted the Trump team's request
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