Trump Ordered Boxes Moved To His Residence, Employee Tells FBI

A Trump employee has told the FBI about being directed by the former President to move boxes out of a basement storage room to his residence at Mar-a-Lago after Donald Trump’s legal team received a subpoena for any classified documents at the Florida estate, according to a source familiar with the witness’ description, Pamela Brown reported for CNN.

Photo Insert: The FBI also has surveillance footage showing a staffer moving boxes out of the storage room.

The FBI also has surveillance footage showing a staffer moving boxes out of the storage room, the source told CNN.

The witness account of Trump’s actions after the subpoena was served in May coupled with the footage could be key to the federal criminal investigation that’s looking into a range of potential crimes, including obstruction, destruction of government records, and mishandling of classified information, The Washington Post also reported.

The employee, who was working at Mar-a-Lago, is cooperating with the justice department and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents, according to The Washington Post and CNN.

The witness initially denied handling sensitive documents, but in subsequent conversations with agents admitted to moving boxes at Trump’s request after Trump advisers received a subpoena in May for documents the former president was keeping at his Palm Beach estate, the newspaper reported.

The FBI conducted a court-approved search on 8 August at Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, seizing more than 11,000 documents, including about 100 marked as classified. FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in August and seized thousands of documents, including about 100 marked as classified.

The FBI also subpoenaed the Trump Organization for surveillance video from the resort, The Guardian also reported.

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