Washington.
Reveal new details about Trump documents
On Friday :
- the U.S. Department of Justice announced the seizure of
- a number of blank, encrypted files at former U.S. President
- Donald Trump's home in Florida.
The department's statement indicated that the FBI searches at Trump's
home resulted in the seizure of 43 blank files containing coded markings
and 28 other blank files marked by remarks addressed to the military secretary.
Searches at Trump's office in the Mar Alago resort during August
resulted in the seizure of 33 boxes containing secret documents hidden
throughout the house among newspapers, magazines
and other personal collectibles.
The Ministry of :
Justice added that it had opened a criminal investigation
in this regard because of the unlawfulness of
the existence of such secret files in the resort of Mar Alago
and indicated that during the past months there had been
many attempts to obstruct the investigation.
The Ministry added that the investigations had not yet revealed
why the files had been emptied and the fate of the documents they contained.
The U.S. Attorney's :
Office opposes the involvement of an independent
lawyer in the study of documents seized from Trump's home
- A statement issued by the Attorney General's Office
- which arrived on Tuesday at the Federal Court Rule
- for the Southern District of Florida
said Trump's lawyer's request was "inadmissible for a number of reasons."
The statement noted that the presidency documents
which the former President's lawyers want to involve
a delegated lawyer in their study, "are not his (Trump's) property"
Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump
have previously asked the court to appoint
a commissioner lawyer to study documents seized from Trump's home in Florida.
- attorney Aileen Kennon
- who Trump appointed to the post in 2020
- announced that she intended to grant the lawyers' request.
US authorities opposed the involvement of an independent lawyer
in analysing documents seized during searches at former
US President Donald Trump's home.
but are the property of the United States Government under its supervision.
The United States Department of Justice does not consider the involvement of
an independent lawyer "necessary, as it would greatly prejudice the interests of
the Government, including in the area of national security"
and "will create barriers to the ongoing criminal investigation".
The Public Prosecutor's Office also indicated that the District Court
had no authority to issue a decision on the possible return of
confiscated documents, which was called for by the defence party.
On 26 August, they reiterated that they considered it necessary to
involve a future expert in the study and analysis of documents. On August 27
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