{"id":1605746,"date":"2022-08-14T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T22:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605746"},"modified":"2022-08-14T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T22:03:40","slug":"oversight-democrats-pursue-damage-assessment-over-trumps-handling-of-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-democrats-pursue-damage-assessment-over-trumps-handling-of-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversight Democrats Pursue Damage Assessment Over Trump\u2019s Handling of Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foversight-democrats-pursue-damage-assessment-over-trumps-handling-of-documents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top House Democrats asked intelligence officials to review alleged national security damage from former President Donald Trump\u2019s mishandling of government documents, a day after the release of the search warrant used by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> on its Mar-a-Lago raid.<\/p>\n<p>The federal agents executed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/judge-unseals-mar-a-lago-raid-warrant-reveals-why-fbi-is-investigating-trump_4661031.html\">search warrant<\/a> of Trump\u2019s Florida estate last Monday, before an inventory accompanying the search warrant was made public on Aug. 12. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22131385-trump-fbi-search-warrant\">property receipt<\/a> obtained by The Epoch Times shows the FBI removed approximately 20 boxes, including one set of materials labeled as \u201cvarious classified\/TS\/SCI documents,\u201d referencing top secret or sensitive compartmented information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer President Trump\u2019s conduct has potentially put our national security at grave risk. This issue demands a full review, in addition to the ongoing law enforcement inquiry,\u201d House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1216\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Aug. 13 to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump declaring the documents taken by federal agents were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/trump-all-mar-a-lago-materials-were-declassified_4661231.html\">all declassified<\/a>,\u201d the three-page letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/sites\/democrats.oversight.house.gov\/files\/2022-08-13.CBM%20Schiff%20to%20Haines-DNI%20re%20Damage%20Assessment.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) seeks a classified briefing on the review \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d The two lawmakers specifically asked for the DNI\u2019s office to initiate a damage assessment, in a bid to evaluate any damage to national security related to Trump\u2019s handling of official records.<\/p>\n<p>The latest action is the first major move by House committees following the Aug. 8 raid of Trump\u2019s Florida resort.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday letter also cited previous reports by legacy media claiming that FBI agents were searching for\u00a0highly classified\u00a0documents on \u201cnuclear weapons\u201d at Mar-a-Lago, a claim that has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/trump-responds-to-nuclear-documents-reports-says-its-a-continuation-of-russia-hoax_4660411.html?utm_source=mr_recommendation&#038;utm_medium=left_sticky\">slammed<\/a>\u00a0by the former commander-in-chief, who called it a \u201choax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat-led House Oversight Committee stepped up in February an investigation into Trump\u2019s alleged violation of federal records laws by removing White House records\u2014something Trump denied.<\/p>\n<p>While federal law bars the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations, Trump could<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top House Democrats asked intelligence officials to review alleged national security damage from former President Donald Trump\u2019s mishandling of government documents, a day after the release of the search warrant used by the FBI on its Mar-a-Lago raid. 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