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    Trump’s Hollow ‘Empty Folders’ Defense

    by Robert Farley Feb 15, 2023 5 minutes

    Former President Donald Trump’s latest defense for having classified documents found by FBI agents at his Mar-a-Lago home is that many of them were simply “empty folders” stamped “classified” on the outside that Trump kept as mementos. The FBI says it did find dozens of empty folders, but it also found 103 classified documents.

    In the latest developments of the unfolding classified documents saga, it was reported by CNN that on Friday, Feb. 10, Trump’s legal team turned over additional “pages with classified markings,” an aide’s laptop and one empty folder marked “Classified Evening Briefing.” Two days later, Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore gave details about how Trump used the empty folder.

    Parlatore that the manila folder, which had been subpoenaed by investigators, was found in Trump’s bedroom and that Trump used it to block a blue light on a telephone

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