Trump appeared to keep classified docs for business reasons, Jack Smith finds
March 26, 2026
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2:34Now PlayingTrump appeared to keep classified docs for business reasons, Jack Smith finds
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as posted by the channelTrump’s reason for taking hundreds of pages of classified documents when he left office in January 2021 — and then concealing them when the Justice Department subpoenaed him for their return in May 2022 — has been one of the larger mysteries of the case. In a January 2023 “progress memo” reviewed by MS NOW, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office discussed the possible motive after the FBI discovered that Trump held on to many documents related to his businesses. In a statement to MS NOW, the White House denied the allegations in that memo. MS NOW Senior Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig breaks down what her reporting reveals.
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