- The Justice Department is investigating his handling of thousands of official documents, including some 300 classified.

Former US President Donald Trump, during the announcement of his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, at his mansion in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

Two classified documents found in possession of Donald Trump in Florida

A team hired by Donald Trump's lawyers discovered two documents marked "classified" that the former US president (2017-2021) had in a warehouse in Florida, a finding reported to the Department of Justice, they report this Wednesday by US media.

The discovery in a warehouse in West Palm Beach, in southeast Florida, is the result of a series of searches carried out in four places following the order of a federal judge, on suspicion that there would be more classified documents in the hands of the former president. that have not been returned to the government, according to The New York Times.

The searches were carried out around the Thanksgiving holiday (November 24) at Trump Tower in New York, the former president's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, a warehouse in Mar-a-Lago, owned by the former president in Palm Beach, as well as in the West Palm Beach warehouse, which is managed by the federal General Services Administration.

Cooperation and transparency

Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman, said the former president and his lawyers "continue to be cooperative and transparent."

According to CNN, the searches were carried out under the supervision of Trump's legal team, which even offered government lawyers to observe the investigations at the Bedminster property, an offer that was rejected.

According to the news network, in response to a request made by the Justice Department during a court hearing, Trump's lawyers are considering allowing federal agents to search Mar-a-Lago again to determine if all documents have been returned. government confidential.

The Justice Department is investigating the handling of thousands of official documents, including some 300 classified ones, that were removed from the White House at the end of Trump's term in January 2021 and then found by FBI agents last August during a search in Mar -a-Lake.

The Government evaluates if, for this reason, the former president committed the crime of obstruction.

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