Donald Trump's lawyers are at odds over the Mar-a-Lago investigation.
A lawyer has been frozen out because he suggested closer cooperation with the DOJ.
After leaving office, Trump is being investigated by the DOJ.
Donald Trump's legal team is at odds over how to respond to the Mar-a-Lago case, according to The New York Times.
The Department of Justice told Trump's team it believed he still had government records even after the FBI raided his home.
Two sources told The Times that attorney Christopher Kise put himself at odds with Trump by advocating creating a "forensics team."
According to The Times, Trump was initially open to the idea, but was later persuaded by other attorneys to take a more aggressive approach, which led to Kise being removed.
In the wake of the raid, Trump claimed that it was part of a political plot to destroy him, and that he had declassified swaths of top secret records.
His lawyers have not tried to make those claims in court, where they are trying to prevent the DOJ from accessing thousands of the documents seized by the FBI.
The documents seized on August 8 are currently being reviewed by a special master who will make a decision on which documents the DOJ can review.
A Trump spokesman said that the Department of Justice and the F.B.I. are spending millions of dollars to perpetuate witch hunt after witch hunt.
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