4/26/2023

CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS: “Donald Trump’s lawyers in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation found the 15 boxes the former president returned to the National Archives a year after the end of his presidency mostly contained briefings for calls with foreign leaders, according to a new letter they sent to Congress.

The majority of the letter – seen by the Guardian and earlier reported by CNN – served to characterize Trump’s retention of classified-marked documents as inadvertent, and due to White House staffers sweeping all documents into boxes during a chaotic departure at the end of the administration.”

-Hugo Lowell, “Trump lawyers say Mar-a-Lago boxes contained foreign leader briefings,” theguardian.com, April 26, 2023