Controversy over confidential files
Trump returns to the Supreme Court
05/10/2022, 00:48
Donald Trump wants to prevent the US Department of Justice from evaluating documents seized from him and marked confidential. Now the former president is going to the Supreme Court.
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in the country’s Supreme Court in a dispute over official documents seized from his mansion. Republicans filed a petition at the Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday seeking the Justice Department’s access to return about a hundred seized classified documents. The urgent request comes against a September decision by an appeals court that agreed with the Justice Department.
FBI investigators raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago luxury home in Florida on August 8 and seized thousands of documents. These are the documents Trump took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his term, requiring outgoing presidents to turn over all official records to the National Archives.
After that, Trump went to court and made a request A specialist examines the documents The documents are being withdrawn from investigators’ access at this time. A federal judge in Florida, who was appointed by Trump during his tenure, agreed with him. Ministry of Justice He later appealed. However, its investigators must continue to access classified documents. The appeals court agreed with the ministry, after which Trump has now moved to the Supreme Court.
During the Mar-a-Lago raid, the FBI seized dozens of files marked “Top Secret,” “Secret,” or “Confidential.” According to media reports, a top-secret document on another country’s nuclear weapons was also found in Trump’s compound. The former president is suspected of violating the Espionage Act, which sets strict standards for the retention of national security documents. When US presidents leave office, all official documents, including emails and letters, must be turned over to the National Archives.
However, Trump describes the test as politically motivated. He accused President Joe Biden’s Democrats of abusing the judiciary to prevent him from running for president again in 2024.
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