Mar-a-Lago documents

== Mar-a-Lago ==
The first batch of documents retrieved by the National Archives from Donald Trump in January included more than 150 marked as classified, a number that helped prompt the criminal investigation that led F.B.I. agents to search Mar-a-Lago this month, people briefed on the matter said. So far, the government has recovered more than 300 classified documents from Trump since he left office, they added.
The extent to which such a large number of highly sensitive documents remained at Mar-a-Lago for months, even as the Justice Department sought the return of all material that should have been left in government custody when Trump left office, suggested to officials that the former president or his aides had been cavalier in handling it, not fully forthcoming with investigators, or both
* Cit: Das Justizministerium legt seine Gründe für die Razzia auf Donald Trumps Anwesen offen. Das Dokument ist an vielen Stellen geschwärzt. Doch es belegt, dass der Ex-Präsident nun gewaltige Probleme bekommen könnte. Von Fabian Fellmann, Washington, SZ vom 27. 8. 22
==the former att. general William Barr said ==
"I, frankly, am skeptical of the claim that [Trump] declassified everything," Barr added. 
"Because frankly, I think it's highly improbable, and second, if in fact he sort of stood over scores of boxes, not really knowing what was in them and said 'I hereby declassify everything in here,' that would be such an abuse and that shows such recklessness, it's almost worse than taking the documents," he said.
Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings
Barr also rejected criticism that the FBI search was in the wrong because it was "unprecedented."
"Let me just say, I think the driver on this from the beginning was loads of classified information sitting in Mar-a-Lago. People say this [raid] was unprecedented -- well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay," Barr said.
* William Barr, on Fox, says there's no legitimate reason for classified docs to be at Mar-a-Lago and doubts Trump declassified. By Sonnet Swire, CNN, Updated 0219 GMT (1019 HKT) September 3, 2022