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Trump team told National Archives that Mar-a-Lago boxes only contained news clippings

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By Jamie Gangel, CNN A former top official in the Trump White House counsel’s office told the National Archives last fall that, according to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, there were only 12 boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago and they were just filled with newspaper clippings, a source …

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Forbes
Mark Meadows Told National Archives Mar-A-Lago Document Boxes Were Filled With News Clips: Report (opens Forbes)
Published Sep 15, 2022
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More than two dozen boxes, which included classified materials, were seized by the FBI from former President Trump’s home last month.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Trump team claimed boxes at Mar-a-Lago were only news clippings (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Published Sep 15, 2022
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The characterization made in the call vastly misrepresented the scale and variety of documents, including classified records, eventually recovered by the National Archives or the FBI.
Portland Press Herald
Trump team claimed in 2021 that boxes at Mar-a-Lago held only news clippings (opens Portland Press Herald)
Published Sep 15, 2022
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The former president's lawyer, Pat Philbin, offered the reassuring news during a September 2021 phone call with top National Archives lawyer Gary Stern.
Insider
Trump lawyer claimed boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago only held 'news clippings:' WaPo (opens Insider)
Published Sep 15, 2022
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A lawyer for former President Donald Trump told the National Archives that boxes at Mar-a-Lago contained "news clippings," per The Washington Post.
KTVZ Bend
Trump team told National Archives that Mar-a-Lago boxes only contained news clippings (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published Sep 16, 2022
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By Jamie Gangel, CNN A former top official in the Trump White House counsel’s office told the National Archives last fall that, according to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, there were only 12 boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago and they were just filled with newspaper clippings, a source …
KEYT Santa Barbara
Trump team told National Archives that Mar-a-Lago boxes only contained news clippings | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)
Published Sep 16, 2022
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Trump team told National Archives that Mar-a-Lago boxes only contained news clippings

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