UNDERNEWS: Mar-a-Lago 'Direct Witness' Strengthens Case Against Donald Trump

September 19, 2023

Mar-a-Lago 'Direct Witness' Strengthens Case Against Donald Trump

Newsweek - The testimony of a credible direct witness in Donald Trump's classified documents case could strengthen Special Counsel Jack Smith's argument against the former president, according to experts. Trump's former aide Molly Michael told federal investigators, per ABC, that the former president used the back of visibly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago to write her to-do lists "as if they were scrap paper," said journalist Jonathan Karl.

After receiving a subpoena from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over classified documents believed to be at Mar-a-Lago, Trump and his team returned only some documents. However, an FBI raid at the Florida resort last summer found hundreds more documents still kept at Mar-a-Lago. By law, a former president is obliged to return all presidential material to the National Archives after the end of their term.

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