Now that it has clearly been established that disgraced former president Donald Trump did indeed have classified and top secret documents at his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago golf resort, the question is being raised: Could the twice-impeached ex-president also have such material at his other properties, and wouldn’t that present a massive national security risk to the United States?
Two former aides to Trump say they believe Trump does indeed still have classified information in his possession.
Michael Cohen, who served as personal attorney to Trump for several years, weighed in on Twitter.
“I have been saying this since the @FBI raid…I believe #Trump has copies, potentially other documents as well, at other locations including his children’s homes, Weisselberg’s florida home, Bedminster, NJ golf course, Fifth Avenue apartment, etc…”
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton echoed Cohen’s comments, telling Sky News:
“Well given that it’s Donald Trump we’re talking about. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more highly classified documents at Bedminster or some some other residence of his.”
Bolton added:
“I just think it’s important that everybody, whether they’re pro-Trump or anti-Trump or whatever their position is to try and take a deep breath here. Let this process play out. You know, the filing that was done last night in the United States that included that picture that you’ve shown there and a lot of information about the documents and about Trump’s ‘obstruction,’ is the word they use, the refusal to turn them over to the National Archives, is revealing bit by bit the seriousness of the case and we don’t know all the details yet.”
Bolton also said talk about the Justice Department not being independent needs to end:
“It could be very, very serious, but my strong urging to everybody is stay calm. Let’s let it play out. We’ve got due process in the United States. The facts will come out here, but let’s not jump to conclusions that the Justice Department is an arm of the Democratic Party on the one hand or that Trump ought to go to jail tomorrow on the other.”