Aide Says Trump Told Her To Lie About Classified Docs

The New York Times reports:

A former assistant to Donald J. Trump has informed investigators that the former president told her to say she did not know anything about the boxes containing classified documents that he had stashed at his private club in Florida after leaving the White House, according to a person briefed on her comments.

The assistant, Molly Michael, who worked for Mr. Trump in the area outside the Oval Office and then in his post-presidential office, told the investigators about Mr. Trump’s comments when she was interviewed as part of the inquiry into his handling of sensitive government documents.

“You don’t know anything about the boxes,” Mr. Trump told Ms. Michael when he learned that federal officials wanted to talk to her in the case. Her account was first reported by ABC News and was confirmed by the person briefed on her comments.

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A former assistant to Donald J. Trump has informed investigators that Trump told her to say she did not know anything about the boxes containing classified documents that he had stashed at his private club in Florida after leaving the White House. https://t.co/umThsQIQP7

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