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The Beat with Ari Melber

Unsealed Mar-A-Lago search inventory reveals Trump doc bombshells

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Daily News, News, Ms Now, Government, Versant Media, Politics, Versant

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Friday, September 2 and reports on a judge unsealing the FBI search inventory of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago. Revelations include that Trump reportedly had 48 empty folders labeled “classified” at his home and that he mixed secret documents with clothes. Former US Attorney Joyce Vance and Former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa 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

And welcome to The Beat. I'm Katie Fang in for Ari Melbur. Tonight, unsealed and revealed.

0:06.6

The new detailed inventory list of property, the feds seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

0:12.6

I have it here. This is it. And tonight, I can report what the feds took for Mar-a-Lago, from the 45

0:20.2

office, all storage rooms, and all rooms or

0:23.2

areas where documents could be stored. But the most alarming detail is what was not found.

0:30.7

The DOJ claiming 48 folders that were marked classified were empty, raising the prospect that

0:37.4

some of the United States government's

0:39.1

most closely guarded secrets could remain unaccounted for. But other experts say it could simply

0:45.3

be disorganization, and agents need to document every piece of physical evidence they come across,

0:51.9

whatever it is, an investigation will uncover. Also seized,

0:56.3

42 empty folders labeled Return to Staff Secretary slash Military Aid. So in total, the top line

1:04.8

numbers, 48 empty folders with classified markings, 42 empty folders labeled return to staff secretary slash

1:13.3

military aid, and more than 10,000 non-classified government records, 10,000 government records.

1:22.2

And we're seeing how the classified documents taken were stored, just tossed in with clothes

1:27.4

and other personal items.

1:29.2

Mixed in with all of this classified material were just bundles of unclassified material like

1:35.2

magazines, news clippings, clothing, and gifts.

1:39.6

And today, Trump's former Attorney General Bill Barr, who once acted like Trump's personal

1:44.1

attorney,

1:45.2

getting blunt and going in on Trump, on of all places, Fox News.

1:51.5

What people are missing is that all the other documents taken, even if they claim to be

1:56.8

executive privilege, either belong to the government because their government records.

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