Since the papers were handed over swiftly, the justice department is not expected to include them as part of its wider inquiry
Trump eventually agreed around Thanksgiving to let one of his lawyers assemble a team with experience handling classified materials to search Trump Tower in New York, Trump Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, and Mar-a-Lago.
Federal prosecutors were alarmed at the discovery of the additional classified-marked documents, the sources said, and sought a certification from Trump’s legal team that those were the very last documents, and that no further sensitive government materials were in Trump’s possession. The justice department rejected that arrangement and instead filed a motion to compel their identities in a sealed hearing this month before the chief US district court judge for the District of Columbia Beryl Howell, who agreed with federal prosecutors and ruled against Trump.
The closed-door proceedings before Howell occurred as the special counsel weighs next steps specifically for the documents case, including whether to either immunize witnesses to force their testimony or threaten charges to pressure them into cooperating with prosecutors.
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