DOJ finds Trump’s request for secure facility as ‘unjustified’
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opposed former President Donald Trump’s request to establish a secure area for discussing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort. This comes after Trump’s legal team requested a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) where Trump could review the 32 classified documents he is accused of mishandling. The DOJ argues that creating a secure location at Trump’s residence would be an unnecessary and unjustified accommodation that deviates from the normal course of cases involving classified discovery. The department also pushed back against Trump’s request to give co-defendant Walt Nauta full access to the classified documents, stating that the documents contain sensitive information that Nauta would not have been allowed to view even with a security clearance. The DOJ contends that Trump’s requests for special treatment deviate from standard practice and highlight his desire to be the only defendant in a case involving classified information who can discuss it in a private residence.
