Agencies Reviewing Security Risks Posed By Mar-a-Lago Documents
- Director of National Intelligence confirms ‘damage assessment’
- Top House Democrats call for review to be done swiftly
US intelligence agencies are examining the national security risks or damage from the improper storage of highly classified documents by former President Donald Trump.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergUS intelligence agencies are examining the national security risks or damage from the improper storage of highly classified documents by former President Donald Trump at his Florida estate, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines advised two top House Democrats.
Classifying the material and reviewing the risks from their mishandling will be conducted in a way that “does not unduly interfere” with the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation, Haines told Oversight and Reform Chairman Carolyn Maloney and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, in a letter dated Friday.