Dozens of Mar-a-Lago Staffers Subpoenaed by DOJ as Part of Trump Docs Probe

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The Department of Justice has subpoenaed at least two dozen staffers at Mar-a-Lago in relation to the grand jury investigation into Trump's removal of government records from the White House.

and a former special counsel for the Pentagon,

some of the people who DOJ special counsel Jack Smith is seeking testimony from are “invisible” to Trump — staffers who are part of the everyday operations at Mar-a-Lago, but whom the former president may not have a personal relationship with.. “Or they can know things might even be somewhat rumored, but then they can at least give the investigators leads, so they can tell the investigators who is present in different conversations.”

When Trump left office after his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, he took thousands of government documents with him. Ordinarily, presidents and their staff are required to turn over such documents to the National Archives and Records Administration before leaving office.. Trump eventually returned some of the documents in January 2022, but only after the agency threatened to involve Congress if he didn’t cooperate.

After NARA retrieved the initial batch of documents, agency officials became aware that Trump was keeping classified materials in an unsecured location at Mar-a-Lago. After NARA alerted the DOJ,Trump appeared to comply with that order, and his lawyers drafted and signed a document

 

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