Back in 2022, former United States President Donald Trump had his Mar-a-Lago golf resort home searched as the FBI seized more than 100 classified documents from the residence. But it seems that the FBI failed to search what has been described as a “hidden room” inside the house.
According to a report from ABC News, the FBI missed searching a “hidden” room inside the Mar-a-Lago resort during their search for classified documents.
“Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has questioned several witnesses about a closet and a so-called ‘hidden room’ inside former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago that the FBI didn’t check while searching the estate in August 2022, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News,” Katherine Faulders, Mike Levine, and Alexander Mallin reported for ABC News last week.
In addition to the “hidden room,” which was attached to the former president’s bedroom, the FBI also failed to open and search a locked closet. As a result of their oversight, Jordan Strauss, who is a former federal prosecutor and former national security official in the Justice Department, called the move “a bit astonishing.”
“You’re searching a former president’s house. You [should] get it right the first time,” Strauss told ABC News.
[ABC News]
