New DOJ filing suggests Trump team hid, moved docs

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

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Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, August 31 and reports on a new DOJ filing that suggests Donald Trump's team may have hidden and moved documents, possible evidence of obstruction. Plus, a new photo circulating that shows for the first time some of the classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago. Danya Perry, Hugo Lowell and House Intel. Cmte. member Rep. Peter Welch join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Beat. I'm Katie Fang in for Ari Melbur.
0:03.4	We're going to start tonight with the fallout from the DOJ's legal bombshell about those classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
0:12.0	The DOJ, including this picture in the filing late last night, it shows documents seized from Trump's Florida home earlier this month.
0:22.5	Many of the documents have clear classification markings.
0:25.3	You can see here, top secret and secret.
0:29.1	I'll have more on what this photo reveals in a bit.
0:32.2	The DOJ writing in the filing, they recovered 13 boxes containing more than 100 classified documents, including
0:40.0	some at the most restrictive levels. The filing noting, quote, certain documents included additional
0:46.7	sensitive compartments that signify very limited distribution. Emphasizing even the FBI personnel reviewing the documents, quote,
0:56.3	required additional clearances before they were permitted to review certain ones. Unbelievable.
1:02.8	Those highly sensitive documents, they were all found at Mar-a-Lago. Some of them weren't even
1:09.1	in boxes, but rather inside of Trump's desk in his office.
1:13.9	The DOJ writing that the FBI seized, quote, three classified documents located in the desk
1:21.0	in the 45 office. Despite a claim from Trump's lawyer that she herself scoured the office in other areas just
1:29.0	days before the Mar-a-Lago subpoena. Now, all of this is obviously very bad for Trump.
1:35.2	This filing is the clearest evidence yet that the federal government is also focused on
1:40.6	the possibility that Trump and his allies were obstructing the probe, and that is a
1:46.2	crime. The government suggesting the documents were moved and hidden while they were searching
1:51.5	for them. The filing stating, quote, records were likely concealed and removed, adding,
1:58.0	quote, efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation.
2:02.8	Joining me now on set is Donya Perry, former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and Hugo Lowell, congressional reporter for The Guardian.
2:11.5	Both of you, thanks for being here. Hugo, I'm going to start with you. High level. What stood out to you about this new filing from the DOJ last night?
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