{"id":2233370,"date":"2024-04-30T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-had-pallets-of-documents-sent-to-mar-a-lago-one-year-before-doj-raid\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:08:22","slug":"federal-agency-had-pallets-of-documents-sent-to-mar-a-lago-one-year-before-doj-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-had-pallets-of-documents-sent-to-mar-a-lago-one-year-before-doj-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agency delivered numerous documents to Mar-A-Lago prior to DOJ 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\">22<\/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%2Ffederal-agency-had-pallets-of-documents-sent-to-mar-a-lago-one-year-before-doj-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=2233370&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>The Federalist reports on the involvement of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal agency<\/a> with \u2063the Trump transition \u200dteam, sending document boxes to Mar-a-Lago. Special Counsel\u2062 Jack Smith later\u2064 raided the residence, leading to Trump&#8217;s indictment in June 2023. The\u200d General Services Administration was\u200c handling the transfer of pallets from\u2062 Virginia to Florida, with\u2064 some items designated for Mar-a-Lago. An FBI agent highlighted the GSA&#8217;s possession of\u2063 the pallets during a witness interview.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A federal agency worked with the Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">transition team<\/a> to send two pallets of \u201cdocument boxes\u201d relating to former President Donald Trump\u2019s presidency to his Mar-a-Lago home \u2014 one year before Special Counsel Jack Smith then raided the residence to look for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">classified documents<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/democrats-indictment-frenzy-isnt-just-about-taking-out-trump-its-about-eliminating-wrongthink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicted<\/a> Trump in June of 2023 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-launches-2024-presidential-bid\/\" title=\"Trump Launches 2024 Presidential Bid\">allegedly mishandling classified documents<\/a>, one year after armed federal agents raided Mar-a-Lago in search of such documents. <\/p>\n<p>The General Services Administration (GSA) was in talks with Trump\u2019s team both during and after his term regarding \u201cpallets\u201d of items from the president\u2019s tenure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/system\/files\/2021%20Moving%20Support.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emails show<\/a>. The GSA informed Trump\u2019s transition team that there were six pallets that needed to be transferred from Virginia to Florida.  <\/p>\n<p>Of the six pallets, two were designated to be sent to Mar-a-Lago and four to a West Palm Beach storage unit, according to emails. The two pallets to be delivered to Mar-a-Lago from an Arlington, Virginia facility contained \u201cdocument boxes,\u201d according to an email previewing the shipping charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that we are ready to ship,\u201d read an email sent Aug. 26, 2021 by<strong> <\/strong>Kathy Geisler, the director of the Office of Portfolio Management and Real Estate\u2019s Program Execution Division, that included Trump aide Beau Harrison as a recipient. \u201cI know that originally we had 3 pallets going to the storage unit \u2014 that is now 4 pallets going to the storage unit. 2 Pallets will go to Mar-a-Lago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/24\/here-are-the-3-most-shocking-discoveries-just-unsealed-in-trump-classified-docs-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here Are The 3 Most Shocking Discoveries Just Unsealed In Trump Classified Docs Case<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A July 2021 letter from Harrison stated the items to be shipped from Arlington, Virginia to Palm Beach, Florida were \u201crequired to wind down the Office of the Former President or are items that are property of the Federal Government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how long the pallets sat in the Virginia facility or who had access to them. <\/p>\n<p>An FBI agent said during a witness interview that the GSA was in possession of six pallets and that the office \u201ccontacted the office of 45 to inform them that, you know, they have to go,\u201d according to a screenshot of the transcript posted by independent journalist Julie Kelly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey \u2014 someone has to pick them up, or they have to be shipped, or something to that effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>WELL WELL WELL I am pretty sure we never heard this part of the &#8220;classified documents\/box&#8221; story!<\/p>\n<p>More from unredacted motions in FLA\u2013this is from an unsealed transcript of witness interview.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agent says GSA was holding large quantity of Trump&#8217;s boxes in VA and then ordered\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0i4tGdWZ9A\">pic.twitter.com\/0i4tGdWZ9A<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Julie Kelly \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1784226958127014361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was also involved in the transition, but by June 2021, NARA archivist David Ferriero had become frustrated by the pace of \u201cgood-faith efforts\u201d by Trump\u2019s team to address NARA\u2019s concerns, a filing screenshot <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1782486128915857520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> by Kelly shows. <\/p>\n<p>The Federalist asked NARA whether the pallets shipped by GSA included the documents that were later confiscated by Smith\u2019s team during their raid of Mar-a-Lago, and NARA\u2019s media staff responded that the agency had \u201cno awareness about the contents of the materials on the pallets and had no involvement in the move project that is referenced in the GSA emails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNARA was harassing Trump throughout 2021 for what they insisted were government records apparently WITHOUT contacting GSA to search dozens of boxes in their possession,\u201d Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1784629920359952538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden, whose Justice Department is carrying out this and another political prosecution of Trump, escaped indictment for his own classified documents scandal after a special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/12\/hur-highlights-dojs-totalitarian-double-standards-on-handling-classified-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determined<\/a> it would be hard to convince a jury that the aging president committed \u201ca serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal agency collaborated with the Trump transition team, delivering two pallets of document boxes concerning Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency to Mar-a-Lago. A year later, Special Counsel Jack Smith raided the residence in search of classified documents. 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