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The Mar-a-Lago records dispute was no longer just about missing boxes by August 2022. NARA said it had received 15 boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in January, then referred the matter to the Justice Department after finding materials marked classified. The FBI executed a search warrant there on August 8, 2022.
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The Mar-a-Lago records dispute was no longer just about missing boxes by August 2022. NARA said it had received 15 boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in January, then referred the matter to the Justice Department after finding materials marked classified. The FBI executed a search warrant there on August 8, 2022.
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The Mar-a-Lago records dispute was no longer just about missing boxes by August 2022. NARA said it had received 15 boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in January, then referred the matter to the Justice Department after finding materials marked classified. The FBI executed a search warrant there on August 8, 2022.
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