The first series of documents the National Archives and Records Administration collected in January included over 150 documents with classified markings, and seizures in June and in August brought the total up to more than 300, sources told the New York Times.
In January, after weeks of communication with Trump's team, the National Archives recovered 15 boxes of presidential documents before discovering classified material and directing the matter to the Justice Department, which commenced an investigation.
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DOJ officials visited Trump's lavish Palm Beach resort in June and collected another set of documents covering sensitive national security information holed up in the basement of Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ then subpoenaed the Trump Organization on June 22 for security footage of the area where the documents were kept. Investigators sought the footage to shed light on who had passage to areas where the documents were kept, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Trump lawyer Christina Bobb signed a document in June asserting that all the classified material had been returned to the government, the New York Times reported.
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Convinced that there were even more classified materials holed up at the resort, the Justice Department received the green light from Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart to conduct the Aug. 5 search and seizure at Mar-a-Lago. Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed last week that he "personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant."
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During the raid, officials collected 26 boxes, which had 11 sets of material with classified markings, the New York Times reported. At least one of those sets of documents was designated with the highest level of classification, per the report.
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Trump revealed a lawsuit Monday, which seeks to block the DOJ from reviewing evidence collected in the August raid at Mar-a-Lago. "We have just filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida strongly asserting my rights, including under the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution, regarding the unnecessary, unwarranted, and unAmerican Break-In by dozens of FBI agents, and others, of my home, Mar-a-Lago," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Monday.
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Trump has railed against the Justice Department, claiming that he declassified the materials he held, and rejected any wrongdoing. The DOJ inquiry into his documents is one of several investigations the former president faces as he mulls another run for the White House.
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Trump is being examined for obstruction of justice and possibly flouting the Espionage Act, per the warrant unsealed Friday. While the warrant has been unsealed, the DOJ has been in court fighting to keep the affidavit for the raid sealed. The document lays out the justification underpinning the raid. Trump has publicly expressed support for the release of the affidavit.
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