But Kirby said those exchanges did not contain classified information.Īlthough emails previously released by the State Department have been partially redacted due to the nature of the information they contained, this was the first time entire messages were withheld. "The investigative team has reviewed the seized materials in furtherance of its ongoing investigation, evaluating the relevance and character of each item seized, and making preliminary determinations about investigative avenues suggested or warranted by the character and nature of the seized items," said the DOJ in a letter accompanying the inventory.State Department spokesman John Kirby said the emails, which he described as "22 documents covering 37 pages" from seven email chains during Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, would therefore not be released publicly.Īnother 18 emails, from eight email chains, sent between the then secretary of state and President Barack Obama will also not be released. The inventory detailed how 48 empty folders marked "classified" were recovered from Mar-a-Lago, 43 of which had been held in Trump's office. The revelation was part of a broad, detailed inventory of items recovered by agents. The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed on Friday that the FBI recovered 7 US government documents with "top secret" classifications from inside Trump's office.
Trump is being investigated over his handling of classified records at Mar-a-Lago. The disbarred attorney continued "all that separated" anybody attending one of these events from top secrets documents was "ten stairs and one little master lock key." It's not just members it's anybody that's there hypothetically for a wedding or a christening, a bar mitzvah - any event they have."
"It's directly above the catering hall," Cohen said, referring to the office room. It follows a revelation by Alina Habba, a lawyer working with the former president, who said Wednesday that Trump "frequently" had guests in the room that held boxes of classified documents. The FBI recovered seven "top secret" documents from inside Trump's office, the DOJ said on Friday.įormer Donald Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen said Thursday that top secret documents were just a few steps away from Mar-a-Lago's widely accessed catering hall, HuffPost reported.Ĭohen, who was referred to as Trump's "fixer" before spending time in federal prison for tax evasion and campaign finance violations, described the former president's Florida office as "completely open" during an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow. Trump's ex-attorney told CNN the office was "totally open" to guests attending functions. Michael Cohen that Mar-a-Lago's catering hall was steps away from where top secret documents were stored. President Donald Trump, exits the Loews Regency hotel and walks toward a taxi cab, Jin New York City. Michael Cohen, former personal attorney for U.S.
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