{"id":358,"date":"2022-08-23T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2022-11-07T00:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T00:52:26","slug":"republican-governor-criticizes-trump-over-classified-records-retention-urges-doj-to-finish-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/republican-governor-criticizes-trump-over-classified-records-retention-urges-doj-to-finish-investigation\/njackson\/2022\/08\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Governor Criticizes Trump Over Classified Records Retention, Urges DOJ to Finish Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) says it’s time for the Justice Department to conclude its months-long investigation into the classified documents Donald Trump reportedly took from the White House after leaving office. During an appearance with CNN Tonight<\/em>, the Republican governor criticized Trump for holding the records at Mar-a-Lago, which eventually spurred the recent FBI raid, saying the move was “not appropriate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, in the short term, you could almost give the attorney general the title of honorary campaign manager and fundraiser for Donald Trump. Clearly, that has resorted to his benefit in the short term.<\/p>

I think it\u2019s important we keep the public interest in mind. The public interest is making sure that classified information, sensitive public documents, are returned to archives, to their protected environment. It\u2019s not appropriate for these documents to be running loose at Mar-a-Lago. That\u2019s not appropriate. That has to be returned and secure.<\/p>

And then this whole thing needs to be wrapped up. Unless there\u2019s something that is totally oblivious to the facts that we know now, this is not something that I see leading to indictments. I don\u2019t see that. It needs to be wrapped up. And I hope that can be accomplished in the future so we can get on with the business of the country and get the documents restored. And I think that was the motivation of the Department of Justice. But who knows whenever they have not spoken clearly about it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Trump’s legal team filed a motion seeking an order to appoint a special master to review the records obtained during the search. If granted, the motion would block the further review of seized materials until a special master is appointed and will require the Justice Department to provide a more detailed receipt for property and the prompt return of any item seized that was not within the scope of the search warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“ALL documents have been previously declassified,” Trump said in a statement. “We are demanding the appointment of a SPECIAL MASTER to oversee the handling of the materials taken in the raid. We are further demanding that the DOJ be forced to turn over a REAL, without \u2018plants,\u2019 inventory of my property that was taken and disclose where that property is now located.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BREAKING: Donald Trump releases a statement about the motion he filed on Truth Social pic.twitter.com\/YTVGtcmkDO<\/a><\/p>— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>