DOJ Investigates Top Secret Records Stolen By Trump

The Washington Post reports:

The Justice Department has begun taking steps to investigate former president Donald Trump’s removal of presidential records to Mar-a-Lago — some of which were labeled “top secret,” people familiar with the matter said.

The department is facing increasing political pressure to disclose its plans in the case. On Thursday, House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) accused the Justice Department of obstructing her committee’s investigation into the 15 boxes of records Trump took to his estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

If the department is planning an investigation, that might explain why it would not want lawmakers getting an inventory of the materials.

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It’s unclear to what extent the DOJ already has assessed the inventory of the boxes, which the National Archives arranged to retrieve from Mar-a-Lago in January — including documents clearly marked as classified, The Post previously reported. https://t.co/EI9WBvs5gK

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