China News Service, August 28. According to the US political news website "POLITICO", in a letter dated August 26 local time, US Director of National Intelligence Haynes told senior members of Congress that the US intelligence services will Assess the potential national security risk posed by former U.S. President Donald Trump's possession of top-secret documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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"The Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are collaborating to facilitate classified reviews of relevant material, including those found during searches of Mar-a-Lago," Haynes said in the letter. Haynes also said the review does not would unduly interfere with ongoing criminal investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The report pointed out that the scrutiny by the intelligence services is likely to include whether unauthorized individuals have access to these highly sensitive documents.
This is the first time the Biden administration has approached Congress about the ongoing investigation into Trump, and the first time U.S. intelligence has acknowledged the possible harm caused by missing documents.
"We are pleased that Haynes has confirmed that the intelligence community and the Department of Justice are evaluating Mar-a-Lago's storage of classified documents," House Oversight Committee Chairman Maloney and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff said in a joint statement. damage caused by misconduct.”
Since the Mar-a-Lago raid, top U.S. congressional leaders have reportedly been pressing for details about the contents of the documents, but so far neither the Intelligence Committee nor top congressional leaders have been briefed.
The U.S. Department of Justice released an edited affidavit on the 26th setting out the reasons for the FBI’s previous raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
Agents found multiple documents marked "top secret" in boxes retrieved at Trump's residence, the document said.