Justice Department Receives Classified Folder from Former President Trump’s Legal Team at Mar-a-Lago Resort

The Justice Department has recently received a folder with classified markings from former President Donald Trump’s legal team. The folder was found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and was voluntarily turned over by his lawyers.

According to a senior law enforcement official, the folder was found last month and Trump’s lawyers told the Justice Department it came from Mar-a-Lago. The Justice Department has been engaged in ongoing efforts to recover classified documents from former presidents after a series of such documents were found in Trump’s possession.

In addition to the folder, Trump’s lawyers have also voluntarily turned over to federal investigators additional papers marked as classified, as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide. The Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to investigate the retention by Trump of hundreds of documents marked as classified at his Florida estate.

The FBI agents who served a search warrant at the property in August recovered roughly 100 classified documents. It is unclear what the contents of the folder are, or if they are related to the documents recovered by the FBI. The Justice Department is continuing to investigate the matter.