{"id":1633339,"date":"2022-09-05T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633339"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:49:13","slug":"oversight-project-files-foia-lawsuit-for-key-doj-nara-documents-on-trump-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-project-files-foia-lawsuit-for-key-doj-nara-documents-on-trump-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversight Project Files FOIA Lawsuit for Key DOJ, NARA Documents on Trump Raid"},"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\">26<\/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-project-files-foia-lawsuit-for-key-doj-nara-documents-on-trump-raid%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=1633339&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>Attorneys representing the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Oversight Project are suing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-department-of-justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for refusing to grant expedited processing of the conservative non-profit\u2019s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for copies of communications at the center of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a>\u2019s controversial Aug. 8 raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s refusal concerned two Oversight Project FOIA requests.\u00a0The DOJ request sought copies of all communications between any DOJ employees and entities outside the government, including those in the news media. The NARA request sought copies of all communications between that agency and the Biden White House, DOJ, the FBI, and staff members working for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Oversight Project\u2019s request for the expedited handling, which is provided under certain circumstances by the FOIA, was based on the intense public interest that exploded as soon as news broke of the raid involving more than 30 FBI agents lasting more than 11 hours and resulting in the removal of thousands of documents from the estate.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid, which was based on the DOJ\u2019s belief that Trump illegally kept highly secret, classified documents in unsecured facilities at the estate, FBI agents inspected the wardrobe of former First Lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Read More<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-claims-fbi-searched-teenage-son-barrons-room_4709665.html\">Trump Claims FBI Searched Teenage Son Barron\u2019s Room<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Agents also seized an estimated 11,000 non-classified documents and photographs. A total of 103 documents marked with various levels of classification were also seized by the agents. A photograph released by the FBI following the raid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11173719\/FBI-took-classified-folders-photographs-clothes-books-Mar-Lago.html\">reportedly<\/a> showed multiple folders bearing classification markings that were empty.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has also reported that the search warrant that enabled the raid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-government-seized-over-11000-non-classified-documents-from-trumps-home_4706797.html?utm_source=ai&amp;utm_medium=search\">specified<\/a> that agents could also\u00a0seize information regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material; any government and\/or presidential records created<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys representing the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Oversight Project are suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for refusing to grant expedited processing of the conservative nonprofit\u2019s request for copies of communications at the center of the FBI\u2019s Aug. 8 raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate. 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