China News Service, October 20. According to CNN, citing sources on the 19th, Trump's legal team is considering allowing federal investigators (FBI) to go to Mar-a-Lago again, under the supervision of lawyers. to satisfy the Justice Department’s request to return all sensitive government documents.
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In previous court filings, the Justice Department has reportedly made clear that Trump failed to comply with a May subpoena to return all classified documents, and that more government records are still missing.
To ease some of the pressure on Trump, who has been dogged by lawsuits of late, Trump recently signaled to aides and allies that he is willing to take a less hostile approach to the Justice Department.
That approach could quickly help resolve the weeks-long Mar-a-Lago case, the sources said.
With the midterm elections approaching, Trump is working to achieve his next political goal.
The source said Trump was "exhausted" and resolving the matter "would help him move on."
According to previous reports, on August 8, FBI personnel executed a search warrant at Trump’s private residence, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida.
Among the items seized by the FBI were more than 11,000 government documents and photographs.
The U.S. Supreme Court on the 13th rejected Trump's legal team's request for an independent commissioner to review classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.