.realDonaldTrump stored classified docs within feet of Mar-a-Lago guests: Report
More than 300 classified documents have been retrieved from the Florida resort this year, with the largest batch obtained during an FBI raid in August. The classified documents were seized from two primary locations: Trump's private office, and a storage area located near the pool, which is open to guests, according to a New York Times investigation.Trump officials claimed that guests could not access the storage room, and only certain staffers had clearance.
Other top secret documents were seized from Trump's office, located above the grand ballroom. FBI agents in August seized at least one container of top secret files from the office's closet and other files from the desk drawer. It is unclear whether the drawer was locked. But Trump has brought multiple guests to his office while the documents were hidden in the room, including Rep. Lauren Boebert , former Trump advisers Stephen Miller and Michael Flynn, and Kyle Rittenhouse.
The office is accessible through a grand staircase near the ballroom but is not usually open to guests. No permanent barrier has been placed to block the staircase, but a rope has tied off the staircase at certain events, according to social media posts shared in the report. Federal agents have been concerned about the lax security at the resort in the past, with federal prosecutors requesting that the storage room be more secure to protect top secret documents. Classified and top-secret documents are usually viewed in a secured enclosed space. But according to an affidavit from the Justice Department, the resort did not have a “secure location authorized for the storage of classified information.
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