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Among the documents that former US President
Donald Trump
improperly took from the
White House
at the end of his term were several clearly marked as confidential, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Some of these papers even carried the "
top secret"
label , the highest level of confidentiality that can be applied to information in the United States intelligence system, and which applies to data whose disclosure would cause "exceptionally serious" damage. to the national security of the country.
The Department of Justice is evaluating how to respond to this finding by the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and
it is not clear if it will take action
, the newspaper said, citing two sources familiar with the case.
theme.
In January, NARA recovered 15 boxes of documents and other items that Trump took with him when he left office at his
Mar-a-Lago, Florida
, residence .
When they leave the White House, US presidents must deliver all letters, notes, emails and other written communications related to their official duties as president to the National Archives for preservation.
The fact that Trump took those boxes to Florida is a
probable violation of the Presidential Records Act
, which requires the preservation of such documents.
The National Archives has asked the Justice Department to investigate the matter, although neither that agency nor the FBI have reviewed the materials so far, according to the newspaper.
The law contemplates
penalties of up to three years in prison
for those who act maliciously when hiding or destroying documents, but proving that is difficult and the experts consulted by the Post see it as very unlikely that there will be consequences for Trump.
To convict Trump of criminal charges, federal prosecutors would have to prove that he either knowingly tampered with sensitive information or was grossly negligent, which is tricky, especially for a president who can declassify data at will.
Among the documents taken by the former president were also correspondence sent to him by North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un
during the bilateral thaw, which Trump once described as "love letters."
Trump said in a statement Thursday that the documents he had taken "were delivered easily and without conflict and in a very amicable manner" to the National Archives, and that the material will one day be displayed in the presidential library that will bear his name.
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