Donald Trump claimed that the FBI planted evidence in the search of Mar-a-Lago, but the Justice Department rejected his claims.
The DOJ submitted a list of all the items retrieved by the FBI in the search which contained slight changes from an earlier inventory and an affidavit from an agent saying it was all recovered in the search.
The new inventory filters out some material that might be protected under privilege rules and the DOJ only had one day to complete the earlier list.
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The affidavit says the list is a full and accurate description of items found in storage facilities and private rooms.
The affidavit said that he was unaware of any documents or materials seized from the premises that were not reflected in the Revised Detailed Property Inventory.
Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master appointed by a federal judge to review the documents seized, had requested that the DOJ provide an inventory of the items retrieved from Mar-a-Lago, and has given Trump's legal team a Friday deadline to provide evidence showing what items weren't
The DOJ more broadly challenged Trump to back his arguments with evidence in a filing on delays in digitizing records to be turned over to Dearie
The DOJ's attorneys wrote that thePlaintiff will need to participate in the process by categorizing documents and giving sworn declarations.
The conspiracy theory that evidence was planted at Mar-a-Lago was pushed by Trump, his allies, and some of his attorneys. The former president wanted to portray the raid as part of a campaign against him.
His lawyers didn't make this argument in court. They didn't present evidence for his claim that he declassified the top secret documents found in the search.
The appointment of a special master in the case delayed the FBI's probe. According to some legal experts, the move appears to have backfired, with Dearie exposing flaws and inconsistencies in the defense of Trump.
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