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Obstruction emerges as key focus in Trump documents probe
By ERIC TUCKER, JILL most detailed chronol-
COLVIN and MICHAEL ogy to date of months
BALSAMO of strained interactions
Associated Press between Justice De-
WASHINGTON (AP) — partment officials and
The Justice Department Trump representatives
says classified docu- over the discovery of
ments were "likely con- government secrets.
cealed and removed" The filing offers yet an-
from a storage room at other indication of the
former President Don- sheer volume of classi-
ald Trump's Florida es- fied records retrieved
tate as part of an effort from Mar-a-Lago, in
to obstruct the federal Palm Beach, Florida. It
investigation into the shows how investigators
discovery of the gov- conducting a criminal
ernment records. probe have focused not
The FBI also seized boxes just on why the records
and containers holding were improperly stored
more than 100 classified there but also on the
records during its Aug. question of whether the
8 search of Mar-a-Lago Trump team intention-
and found classified ally misled them about
documents stashed in the continued, and un- Pages from a Department of Justice court filing on Aug. 30, 2022, in response to a request from the legal
Trump's office, accord- lawful, presence of the team of former President Donald Trump for a special master to review the documents seized during the
Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, are photographed early Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
ing to a filing late Tues- top secret documents. Associated Press
day that lays out the Continued on next page