The DOJ revealed just how Donald Trump guarded some of the nation’s sensitive spy material: casually mixing up seven “TOP SECRET” government documents and two dozen classified documents with news magazines, gifts, books, and his wife’s clothes.
The Department of Justice revealed on Friday just how former President Donald Trump guarded some of the nation’s sensitive spy material: casually mixing up seven “TOP SECRET” government documents and two dozen classified documents with news magazines, gifts, books, and his wife’s clothes.
FBI special agents found at least two government documents marked “Secret” and one marked “Confidential” in what the DOJ has previously deemed “the 45 Office,” a popular spot for MAGA-loving celebrities and grifters where Trump sits behind a faux Resolute Desk like the one he once had at the White House. The DOJ had previously only described these records as classified in some capacity, noting they were found in a desk drawer next to Trump’s expired passports.
Federal prosecutors are weighing potential criminal charges for violations of the Espionage Act because of the way Trump is accused of unsafely storing information that puts the nation’s security at risk—and normally never leaves tightly controlled government offices.
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