Trump lawyers visit Justice Department

Trump lawyers visit Justice Department

On Monday, attorneys representing Donald Trump in the investigation into his handling of extremely sensitive national security materials were seen visiting the Justice Department. Special counsel Jack Smith looks to be getting close to deciding whether to charge anyone in the case.

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James Trusty and Lindsey Halligan were among the lawyers seen by CBS entering the DOJ’s headquarters late on Monday morning. 

Their visit’s purpose and the officials they were scheduled to meet with were both unclear at first. 

A spokesman for Smith was contacted by the Justice Department with inquiries on the subject, but the guy chose not to respond.

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Last month, two lawyers for Donald Trump requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland. 

Also, it’s not clear if the May 23 correspondence led to the meeting on Monday.

Smith is looking into whether Trump kept many top-secret national security documents at his vacation residences after leaving office. 

Soon after Trump left office, the National Archives set out to recover hundreds of lost documents from its files. After protracted talks, 15 boxes of data were eventually found in early 2022. 

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At that time, archives officials discovered some sensitive documents and reported the situation to the Justice Department.

The FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last August and seized additional boxes from Trump’s storage room and personal office, discovering additional classified records that had not been returned. The DOJ had subpoenaed Trump’s office to recover additional classified material, but after those negotiations fell through. Smith is looking into if Trump tried to thwart the Justice Department’s efforts to locate and reclaim all of the secret records at his house in addition to asking Trump why he kept the records.