WASHINGTON: Folders marked classified and found at Donald Trump‘s Florida home after he left the White House did not contain any documents, the former US president said on Tuesday after reports that his team received a subpoena for one such folder. Trump’s legal team in December and January turned over the empty folder marked classified, as well as other material with classified markings, an aide’s laptop and a thumb drive to US prosecutors, CNN reported.
Guardian newspaper, citing two sources familiar with the matter, separately reported that prosecutors subpoenaed the empty folder in January after it was seen by investigators Trump hired to search his Florida property for any remaining White House documents not turned over when he left office in 2021 and not uncovered by an FBI search last year. US special counsel Jack Smith is investigating whether Trump or his associates obstructed the justice department’s probe into his retention of thousands of government records, about 300 of which were marked classified.
Guardian newspaper, citing two sources familiar with the matter, separately reported that prosecutors subpoenaed the empty folder in January after it was seen by investigators Trump hired to search his Florida property for any remaining White House documents not turned over when he left office in 2021 and not uncovered by an FBI search last year. US special counsel Jack Smith is investigating whether Trump or his associates obstructed the justice department’s probe into his retention of thousands of government records, about 300 of which were marked classified.