One of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers refused Trump's request in February to say that he had returned all of the documents taken to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump in February asked attorney Alex Cannon to tell the National Archives and Records Administration that all of the documents had been returned. Cannon refused the request because “he was not sure that statement was true,” sources told the. The FBI ultimately found thousands more documents when they searched Trump’s residence in August as part of a criminal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents and obstruction.
Cannon told others that he was “not sure” if there may be additional documents and that he would be “uncomfortable” making such a claim, according to the. Other Trump advisers also encouraged him not to make such a statement. Trump’s team ultimately did not release the public statement either, instead releasing a different message three days later saying that the materials were turned over in a “friendly” manner without saying that “everything” had been returned.
Cannon’s refusal to make the statement “soured his relationship” with Trump, for whom he had worked since 2015, and he was shut out of further discussions about the matter, according to theThe DOJ ultimately found more evidence that there were additional documents at Mar-a-Lago and in May obtained a grand jury subpoena seeking all documents marked classified.
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