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A federal judge in Florida has lifted the veil of secrecy over that comprehensive Mar-a-Lago document inventory.
The forty-eight empty folders marked classified have beckoned new questions over whether any detritus is still at Mar-a-Lago even after the raid.
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48 folders labelled classified but empty are among the items FBI agents yielded, as are 28 empty folders supposed to have been returned to a military aide.
Compiled by the Justice Department, the inventory discloses the volume of government documents at Trump's seaside residence, including more than 10,000 others.
Classified documents are also said to have been mixed with such personal items as newspapers, magazines and garments.
While the FBI did get their hands on 103 records either classified or at the top-secret level come questions over whether all of the classified papers have been recovered.
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ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Reporter:
One intriguing element that I am sure investigators are trying to better understand is the discovery of dozens of empty folders bearing classified markings.
And it's not clear at all from the document what was supposed to be in those folders, what happened to those documents, but the mere discovery of empty folders raises really interesting questions that I think will be important for the investigation.
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Meticulous toiling in the Mar-a-Lago vineyard of government records also uncovered over 11,000 unclassified photos and documents.
Ripples hurtled through Twitter, with Trump's spokesperson calling it an "unprecedented" and unprovoked retrieval that amounted to a "smash and grab".
But a former Attorney General in the Trump cabinet argued in favour of the DOJ.
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WILLIAM BARR, Former Trump Administration Attorney General:
People say this was unprecedented. Well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club.
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A criminal probe has been initiated to examine any risk to national security.
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