- The intelligence community is investigating potential national security risks from documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
- Earlier this month, FBI agents searched Trump’s property and seized 11 classified documents.
- The director of national intelligence told lawmakers it would conduct an assessment, politics report.
The intelligence community will assess possible national security risks as a result of documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, politics report.
In a letter to House Oversight Committee Chair Caroline Maloney and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes said her office would conduct a damage assessment of the documents, Politico reported. .
“The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) are working together to facilitate classified review of relevant material, including material recovered during searches,” Haynes wrote in the letter obtained by Politico.
In a joint statement to Politico, Maloney and Schiff said they were pleased with the investigation.
“Yesterday’s partially unsealed DOJ affidavit confirms our serious concerns that there are documents in storage at Mar-a-Lago that have the potential to compromise human resources. It is critical that the IC act swiftly to assess and, if necessary, mitigate The damage caused — this process should run concurrently with the Justice Department’s criminal investigation,” Maloney and Schiff said.
Earlier this month, the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, including some that were marked “top secret” and possibly related to nuclear weapons. On Friday, the Justice Department released a redacted affidavit to search the estate.
