‘Where Did the Classified Content Go?’ Dozens of Empty Folders Seized From Trump Home
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday released an inventory of items seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month, and one aspect of the newly disclosed document raised eyebrows and many questions: Namely, the listing of dozens of empty folders marked as “classified.”
“Where did the classified content go?” asked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), voicing a sentiment also expressed by reporters and watchdogs in response to the inventory, which indicates that the FBI retrieved from Mar-a-Lago 18 documents marked “top secret,” 54 marked “secret,” and 48 empty folders with “classified” banners.
The document, which a federal judge ordered unsealed, also lists dozens of additional empty folders labeled as “return to staff secretary/military aide.”
The inventory offers no specific details on what the empty folders may have contained, leaving observers to speculate on the sensitivity of the documents and where they may have ended up as the DOJ continues to investigate the former president’s removal of classified documents from the White House.
“The only thing more concerning than finding classified documents in Donald Trump’s possession is finding the folders used to conceal classified documents empty and in Donald Trump’s possession,” tweeted Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.). He further called for strict accountability.
Earlier this week, the DOJ released a photo of classified documents that federal agents seized from Trump’s home during an August 8 raid. Previous reporting has indicated that classified nuclear weapons documents were among the files FBI officials were trying to recover in the Mar-a-Lago raid.
The Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday that it “developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed” from a Mar-a-Lago storage room as investigators attempted to retrieve them, possibly further implicating Trump’s team and the former president himself in a criminal scheme to obstruct justice.
Originally published at Commondreams.org.
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