New evidence found of 'obstruction' in Trump documents case: media

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The U.S. Justice Department and investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have gathered new evidence indicating possible obstruction by former U.S. President Donald Trump in the probe into classified documents found at his Florida estate, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

FBI agents seized thousands of government records, some marked as highly classified, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in August. The investigation is one of two criminal inquiries into the former president being led by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

Trump, who was indicted on March 30 in a separate inquiry in New York, has denied any wrongdoing in the cases, calling them politically motivated.

After his advisers received a subpoena in May demanding the return of the classified records, Trump looked through some of the boxes of government documents in his home out of an apparent desire to keep certain things in his possession, the Post reported.

Investigators also have evidence indicating Trump told others to mislead government officials in early 2022, before the subpoena, when the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration was working to recover documents from Trump's time as president, according to the Post.

The FBI referred questions to the Justice Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump faces a string of inquiries as he campaigns for another term in 2024.

In addition to the hush money case in New York, Trump faces a Georgia inquiry over whether he tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state.

(CGTN)