Nine days after the Mar-a-Lago search, FBI agents are still sifting through Trump documents

The FBI's Filter Team — a group of agents independent of the overall investigation — is tasked with segregating documents subject to attorney-client privilege from materials deemed irrelevant to the investigation. I'm here.

Records deemed relevant will be handed over to investigators, and irrelevant records will be returned to Trump. An official who told NBC News previously said Trump's passport, which he claimed was "stolen" by agents during a search, was irrelevant, as he had previously reported on NBC. He said it was the filter team that determined it was considered and returned to him. news.

Officials also said the filter team is reviewing documents and other materials not classified to see if they contain sensitive information.

The vast amount of documents he seized from Mar-a-Lago on August 8,when FBI agents deleted 11 sets of classified documents from him stressed that the review took a long time. Categorized as top secret and top secret.

The case, he said, was run by the FBI's Washington branch, and the former agency official said counterintelligence agents were likely involved.

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said Sunday that the FBI "received boxes of 'lawyer client' privileged materials and 'executive' privileged materials" last week. But they should have done it on purpose." not taken

Florida Magistrate Bruce Reinhart opened the federal agent's affidavit used to justify the search warrant after a string of news outlets, including NBC News. A public hearing is scheduled forThursday on whether to do so. He filed documents with the court and requested that the documents be made public. The Justice Department has filed a motion against the opening of the affidavit, claiming it undermines the ongoing investigation, but Trump's attorneys have yet to file a motion to take a stand.