Newly released records in the now-dismissed classified documents case against US President Donald Trump raise fresh concerns over national security risks and potential private business motivations, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said.
The newly released information also showed that Trump apparently took classified documents on a June 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and showed a classified map to then top campaign official Susie Wiles and potentially others, according to his letter. Wiles now serves as White House chief of staff.
The release of the documents to the congressional committee may have also violated a gag order imposed by the Trump-appointed federal judge in the case, he said.
Trump was accused in the case led by Smith of illegally storing documents related to US national defence, including the American nuclear programme, at his Mar-a-Lago social club and obstructing US government efforts to retrieve the material.
