Witness who worked at Mar-a-Lago provides fresh picture of Trump inquiry: Report

Jack Birle

May 04, 09:16 PM May 04, 09:17 PM

A person who worked at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is reportedly cooperating in the special counsel investigation of the former president.

The person has provided information to special counsel Jack Smith regarding the investigation into Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, per the New York Times.

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An image of the storage room where several of the classified documents were stored was provided by the anonymous person, per the report.

The investigation is also reportedly looking into the former president's handling of surveillance videos at Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in connection to the classified documents investigation.

The FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 as part of the Justice Department's investigation of Trump, which was then handed off after Trump declared his candidacy for president in November 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to investigate the former president independently for the alleged mishandling of classified documents as well as his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Charges have not yet been brought against Trump regarding either investigation, and no timetable has been provided for how long the investigation will persist.

President Joe Biden has also had classified documents discovered at his personal residences and his office at the Penn Biden Center. He is also under investigation by a special counsel, Robert Hur.

Trump is currently being investigated by a grand jury in Georgia for alleged interference in the 2020 election in the state. He also pleaded not guilty to the 34 criminal counts against him in a Manhattan courthouse last month.

The indictment in Manhattan came after an investigation into hush money payments made to two women in 2016 ahead of the presidential election.

DOJ may have evidence showing possible Trump obstruction in classified documents case: Report

Brady Knox

April 02, 04:25 PM April 02, 04:25 PM

The Department of Justice may have more evidence showing former President Donald Trump meddled with classified documents in his possession after he was subpoenaed, a report claims.

Multiple people familiar with the matter told the Washington Post that Special Counsel Jack Smith used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to build the case that Trump or his team may have meddled with some of the classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he was subpoenaed by the government. The sources claim that prosecutors believe Trump personally looked through the contents of some of the boxes of documents following the subpoena.

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Investigators reportedly believe that messages from Molly Michael, a White House aide that followed Trump to Mar-a-Lago after the presidency, may hold significant evidence that Trump meddled with the documents.

Trump's team fervently denied the reports, deriding the entire investigation as a "witch-hunt."

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“The witch-hunts against President Trump have no basis in facts or law," Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said. "The deranged special counsel and the DOJ have now resorted to prosecutorial misconduct by illegally leaking information to corrupt the legal process and weaponize the justice system in order to manipulate public opinion and conduct election interference, because they are clearly losing all across the board.”

The latest revelation comes after Trump's indictment by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with an investigation relating to alleged hush money payments former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen gave to porn star Stormy Daniels.