Coverage dated January 17, 2023

Trump Defends Empty Classified Folders Found At Mar-A-Lago As ‘Cool Keepsake’

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The ex-president said he had taken “hundreds” of empty folders during his time in office, but did not explain why the DOJ also found dozens of classified documents at his Florida estate.

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The Daily Caller
Trump Makes Claim About Why He Had ‘Hundreds’ Of Empty Classified Folders (opens The Daily Caller)
Published Jan 17, 2023
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Trump claimed that the reason he was storing "hundreds" of folders with classification markings was because the government does not "collect" them.
Insider
Trump claims documents found at Mar-a-Lago were empty folders labeled 'classified' that he'd kept because they're 'cool' (opens Insider)
Published Jan 17, 2023
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The DOJ has released photographic evidence of the roughly one hundred pages of classified records recovered from Trump's estate in August.
Fox News
Trump says classified document folders were 'cool' keepsake (opens Fox News)
Published Jan 17, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump now claims he only kept folders marked "classified" as a "cool keepsake" from his time as president, arguing he "did nothing wrong."
Forbes
Trump Defends Empty Classified Folders Found At Mar-A-Lago As ‘Cool Keepsake’ (opens Forbes)
Published Jan 17, 2023
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The ex-president said he had taken “hundreds” of empty folders during his time in office, but did not explain why the DOJ also found dozens of classified documents at his Florida estate.
Hot Air
Trump: I didn't keep classified materials -- only their folders, as souvenirs (opens Hot Air)
Published Jan 17, 2023
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Trump, 76, argued on his Truth Social media platform that the “Fake News Media & Crooked Democrats” continue to claim that he had a “large number of documents” at the Florida resort to lessen the...