Trump’s team was aware of no other materials, Philbin said, relaying information he said he got from Meadows. The characterization made in the call vastly misrepresented the scale and variety of documents, including classified records, eventually recovered by the Archives or the FBI. Top Archives officials continued to believe there was more material than they were being told about, according to people familiar with their thinking. The new details about the Philbin call show that Meadows was more deeply involved in the communications with Archives officials than previously known. AdvertisementThe Justice Department has conducted interviews with Archives officials and subpoenaed documents from the Archives as a part of their probe into Trump’s mishandling of classified documents.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2022 00:33 UTC