For Trump, Justice Department filing takes things from bad to worse
Three weeks after the document search at Mar-a-Lago, the DOJ investigation looks so much worse for Trump and his allies in wake of with a new court filing.
WASHINGTON — If it’s Wednesday .... The Justice Department says it seized more than 100 unique classified documents during Aug. 8 FBI search, per new legal filing. ... The DoJ also alleges it has evidence the documents were “likely concealed and removed” prior to the search. ... The Alaska Division of Elections announces it will livestream ranked-choice tabulation of special Alaska-At Large race Wednesday night. ... Rhetoric in Pennsylvania Senate becomes even more brutal… And Mikhail Gorbachev dies at age 91.
But first: It was on Aug. 8 when the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, setting off a political earthquake and a debate over whether the FBI and Justice Department overstepped their bounds regarding a former president.
Three weeks later, however, the investigation looks so much worse for Trump and his allies.
DOJ releases photos showing classified docs found at Mar-a-LagoAug. 31, 202203:24In a late-night filing responding to Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review documents, the Justice Department:
Shortly after the FBI search on Aug. 8, we asked why Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department hadn’t released more information justifying that action against a former president.
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