Trump Mar-A-Lago: FBI Reportedly Skipped A ‘Hidden Room’ And Locked Closet In Search For Documents—But Prosecutors Were Asking About Them

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Trump Mar-A-Lago: FBI Reportedly Skipped A ‘Hidden Room’ And Locked Closet In Search For Documents—But Prosecutors Were Asking About Them
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FBI officials who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate in 2022 did not search a locked closet and “hidden room” for White House documents, ABC News reported Thursday, raising questions about whether Trump concealed more classified documents from the federal government.

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Citing anonymous sources, ABC News reports FBI officials did not search a locked closet—which investigators learned after the search that Trump had changed the lock on months earlier—while his attorney searched the property for classified materials to turn over the government in response to a subpoena.

Investigators found the locked closet, but were reportedly told that the space behind the door “went nowhere” and so decided not to try and open it, according to ABC.

Officials also were not aware at the time of a “hidden room” in Trump’s bedroom, and thus did not search it, ABC reports.

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Trump when his home is searched by the FBI for stolen documents:

"Oh, you don't have a key and you say there's nothing there? Cool. Well, I guess we're done here."

A black person when their home is searched for a dime bag of weed:

"Break down every single door in this entire house from the smallest cabinet to the garage door."

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