(Trends Wide) — Former President Donald Trump allegedly kept classified documents in various locations at his Mar-a-Lago resort, including a public ballroom, a bathroom and a bedroom.
According to the special counsel’s indictment against Trump released Friday, the Florida resort hosted more than 150 social events, including weddings, movie premieres and fundraisers between January 2021 and August 2022, when the FBI ran a search for court-approved documents on the premises.
While the Secret Service protected Trump and his family members after he left office, the agency was not responsible for the boxes or their contents, nor did Trump say there were classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, the agency claims. accusation.
Some classified documents contained information about US nuclear and defense capabilities that required special handling, according to the indictment.
This is where the documents were stored or found:
Initially, some of the boxes were stacked on the stage at Mar-a-Lago’s White and Gold Ballroom, according to the indictment. Prosecutors describe the ballroom as a space where “events and meetings were held.” The identity of a man in the photo was withheld.
Several of the boxes spent time in a bath and shower in the lake room of The Mar-a-Lago Club.
The boxes were moved to a storage room on the ground floor of Mar-a-Lago. The hallway to that warehouse, according to prosecutors, could be accessible from “multiple exterior entrances,” including the pool patio. The storage room was also close to the liquor supply closet, linen room, locksmith shop, and various other rooms.
In December, Walt Nauta, a Trump aide indicted along with the former president, allegedly discovered that several of the boxes had fallen over and spilled their contents on the floor.
In November, one of Trump’s employees allegedly gave Trump a photo of boxes stacked in the storage room so he could see how many boxes were stacked.