Fox & Friends Host Questions Why Trump Kept Classified Documents At Mar-A-Lago

Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy went against the shows usual approach of softening up to Donald Trump, questioning on Wednesday the former presidents motives behind keeping classified government documents at his private residence in Mar-a-Lago long after his presidency.

The show and its three hosts were interviewing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Trump ally, when Doocy brought up the FBI raid earlier this month on the former presidents home in Florida, which resulted in the confiscation of boxes of materials that included 11 packets of classified documents some of which were labeled with the highest classification markings.

Ultimately, it comes down to why did he have all that secret stuff at Mar-a-Lago? Doocy asked. I know his team has said they declassified it, but thats news to the agencies that those documents belong to.

Steve Doocy to Kristi Noem: \"Ultimately, it comes down to why did he have all that secret stuff at Mar-a-Lago? I know his team has said they declassified it, but that's news to the agencies that those documents belong to.\" pic.twitter.com/WVm1LvbiPs

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Steve Doocy to Kristi Noem: "Ultimately, it comes down to why did he have all that secret stuff at Mar-a-Lago? I know his team has said they declassified it, but that's news to the agencies that those documents belong to." pic.twitter.com/WVm1LvbiPs
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2022

Investigators are looking at whether Trump violated several federal laws related to official and classified records, according to a redacted FBI affidavit released last week. Prosecutors with the Justice Department filed a 36-page brief late Tuesday detailing the sensitive documents found at Mar-a-Lago, as well as efforts by the former president and his team to obstruct their criminal investigation.

Prosecutors included an image of some of the documents discovered when the FBI executed a search warrant at Trumps residence. The photo shows five yellow folders on the floor marked top secret, as well as another that says Secret SCI, which means sensitive compartmentalized information. The remaining documents in the photo were edited to censor sensitive information.

Those are the biggest secrets in the world. And apparently the former president went through em in January, Doocy said. Why wouldnt he say, Oh, you know what? I really need to turn that back over. Why did he have all that stuff at Mar-a-Lago?