The National Archives discovered in January that at the end of his term, former President Donald J. Trump had taken to his home at the Mar-a-Lago reso
The National Archives discovered in January that at the end of his term, former President Donald J. Trump had taken to his home at the Mar-a-Lago resort 15 boxes from the White House that contained government documents, mementos, gifts and letters. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives.
After Mr. Trump returned the boxes to the National Archives, its archivists found documents containing “items marked as classified national security information,” the agency told Congress in February.
In April, federal authorities appeared to be in the preliminary stages of investigating the handling of the classified documents. They began a grand jury investigation and issued a subpoena to the National Archives and Records Administration for the boxes, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. It was one of a series of requests that the Justice Department had made to the agency for records from the Trump administration, the two people said.
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