![]() The returned documents were thus potentially evidence of crimes. While presidents have unilateral authority to declassify intelligence, they only maintain that authority while in office – it may not be exercised in the post-presidency. If Trump had not declassified these materials while he was president, then his continuing possession of them in a non-secure location was probably illegal. JIM RASSOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Trump supporters battle with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol building in Washington, DC. Getty Images Authorities stand outside Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former president Donald Trump, amid reports of the FBI executing a search warrant as a part of a document investigation. The raid of former president Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is not about missing classified documents - but the January 6th insurrection. Upon receipt, National Archives officials advised the Justice Department that the returned materials included classified information. After extensive negotiations, Trump agreed to return some of the materials in January 2022. The National Archives subsequently explained that much of the material should have been kept in the government’s possession, pursuant to the Presidential Records Act. Reportedly, about 15 boxes of records were removed from the White House and shipped to Mar-a-Lago. That owes to the chaotic atmosphere in which the Trump family decamped to Florida from the White House following the Capitol riot – with impeachment proceedings and even talk of removing Trump from office under the 25th Amendment then underway. National Archives officials alerted the Justice Department months ago regarding missing records and possible classified information violations. Ostensibly, the search relates to a long simmering dispute between the former president and the government over Trump’s potentially illegal retention and mishandling of classified information. The court-authorized search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is another unmistakable signal that the Justice Department is trying to build a criminal case against him arising out of the Capitol riot. ![]() George Will pleads with Dems not to run ‘past his prime’ Biden, ‘unqualified’ Harris in ’24 ![]() MAGA Republicans who ‘threaten democracy’ may have Dems to thank for their wins Tuesday Donald Trump files another lawsuit against New York AG Letitia James
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