Dozens of Mar-a-Lago staff subpoenaed in special documents investigation: Report

Misty Severi

March 16, 07:17 PM March 16, 07:17 PM

At least two dozen people connected to Donald Trump, including staff members at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, were subpoenaed to testify about the former president's handling of classified documents, a report published Thursday said.

Some of the staffers subpoenaed to speak in front of a federal grand jury were recorded on security footage moving boxes from the storage room where classified documents were discovered during an FBI raid last August.

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“They’re casting an extremely wide net — anyone and everyone who might have seen something,” an unnamed source familiar with the Justice Department’s efforts told CNN.

Investigators subpoenaed the staffers concerning what they could have seen or heard during their daily activities around the resort, including whether they saw boxes or documents in Trump’s storage room or office, sources said. Other staffers called to testify include servers at the restaurants on the estate and a housekeeper.

Members of Trump's inner circle have also been subpoenaed, including Trump’s communications aide Margo Martin, who testified in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

The Justice Department has been investigating Trump's alleged mishandling of classified records and obstruction of justice charges for nearly a year. FBI agents recovered more than 100 classified documents during a search of Mar-a-Lago last year.

Classified documents were also discovered at the homes and offices of President Joe Biden from when he was Barack Obama's vice president. Mike Pence, who was Trump's vice president, is also facing trouble concerning the finding of classified documents. Both discoveries were announced earlier this year, but some documents from Biden were found in October.

Far more than fifty percent say Trump must 'have to' testify in advance of Jan. 6 committee: Poll

Julia Johnson

Oct 19, 02:10 PM October 19, 02:10 PM

New polling facts indicate that 60% feel previous President Donald Trump need to be compelled to testify ahead of the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol riot.

The Wednesday Monmouth College poll integrated 808 adults aged 18 or more mature and has a 5.2-percentage-position margin of error at the 95% confidence amount.

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Majorities of each Democratic-identifying respondents (89%) and independents (61%) stated that Trump must "have to" testify. Much less than 1-3rd of Republicans (28%) agreed.

Only about a person-3rd (34%) of men and women reported that the former president must not be built to testify. Additional than 50 % of Republican respondents (67%) believe that that Trump need to not be forced to testify ahead of the committee.

Across the board, individuals think that if Trump does testify, it ought to be for the duration of a general public hearing. Seventy-7 p.c of People in america responded as these kinds of, which includes 65% of Republicans and a lot more than 80% of the two Democrats and independents.

The recently released polling facts were carried out among Oct. 13 and 17. Notably, the most recent community hearing from the Jan. 6 committee was held on Oct. 13.

During the listening to, the committee unanimously voted in favor of subpoenaing the former president. "He tried out to just take away the voice of the American folks in picking their president and swap the will of the voters with his will to keep on being in power. He is the just one man or woman at the heart of the story of what happened on Jan. 6, so we want to listen to from him,” reported Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS).