Closed-door session could provide insight into the sensitivity of the documents Trump retained and possibility of indictments
The precise nature of the briefing remains unclear. The offer from the justice department and the Office of the Director for National Intelligence was described as unofficial on Sunday and no date had yet been set, though the briefing could come as soon as this week.
The justice department is separately investigating the discovery of classified-marked documents at Joe Biden’s Delaware home and a former office in Washington DC, as well as at the Indiana home of Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence. In stark contrast to Trump’s resistance to returning papers, Biden and Pence have cooperated with officials.
Since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago on 8 August last year and seized 101 classified-marked documents, Trump has claimed the papers were declassified, though no such evidence has emerged and his lawyers have not repeated that assertion in court, where they face penalties for lying.
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