Empty folders among items found in FBI search of Trump home

FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners

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FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the Justice Department on Friday.

The inventory reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search.

It shows the extent to which newspapers, magazines and other items were commingled among documents that investigators say were marked as classified, including at the top-secret level.

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Empty folders among items found in FBI search of Trump home

FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found empty folders marked with classified banners

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