After the 45th president's departure from office, the FBI filed a complaint with President Trump's White House about boxes of classified informationthat were kept at a resort in Florida. We interviewed Advisor Pat Cipollone and Vice President Patrick Philbin. in a new report on Tuesday.
The New York Times, citing three sources, stated that Cipollone and Philbin served as Trump's post-inaugural representatives to file presidential papers under the federal government. I reported that I was tasked with dealing with the National Archives, which is responsible for keeping it. law.
According to the paper, when the White Archives realized that some of his House documents were missing, they contacted Philbin and attempted to retrieve them.
Trump reportedly resisted attempts to get the papers back, stating at one point, "It's mine, not theirs." ' said.
Finally, in January of this year, 15 of his boxes were returned to the archives from Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion. The following month, the Archives revealed that classified material was found in the box and that it had contacted the Justice Department about possible violations of the Presidential Records Act. will launch an unprecedented raid on the former president's home on August 8. According to an inventory list released last week, theagent hashis 27 boxes and his 11 sets of documents containing classified information.
The Times reports that in the spring, when federal agents contacted Trump aides to find out how a box of classified documents was transported at a luxurious resort in Palm Beach, Philbin was accused of
It is unclear when Cipollone was interviewed, the outlet added.
On June 3, DOJ and his FBI agents Arrived in his March. -a-Lago contains grand jury subpoenas for additional confidential material.
Following a meeting with law enforcement and Trump's legal team,one of the former president's lawyersissued a statement confirming that all classified documents had been returned. reportedly signed.
{59 The FBI then received information that more sensitive materials existed at Mar-a-Lago than had previously been pointed out, and the Times reported that subpoenaed surveillance video showed that the box was kept. reported that it indicated that it had been moved out of the same room.That led to his FBI agent's search warrant being executed last week.
