Former President Donald Trump scribbled a to-do list for one of his Mar-a-Lago aides on a document with classified markings, according to a report.
Molly Michael, a former White House executive assistant who continued to work for Trump after his presidency, told federal investigators that on more than one occasion she received assignments from the 77-year-old former president written on the back of note cards with visible classification marks, according to ABC News.
The note card reportedly contained information related to phone calls with foreign leaders or other international matters.
It’s unclear whether any of the note cards were among the classified documents Trump allegedly illegally kept.
Michael, identified by several outlets as “Trump Employee 2” in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment related to Trump’s handling of sensitive White House documents, transferred the notecard to the FBI after he discovered agents had not picked it up after Aug. 8, 2022, search Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., club and residence.
Former President Donald Trump reportedly wrote a to-do list for one of his Mar-a-Lago aides on a document with a secret seal.John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
The Trump aide also told federal investigators she was growing concerned with how the former commander-in-chief was handling requests from the National Archives for White House materials he knew were hidden at Mar-a-Lago, according to the report.
Trump allegedly told Michael, “You don’t know anything about that box,” upon learning of the FBI’s interest in talking to him.
The former president pleaded not guilty in June to 37 charges related to his handling of classified White House documents.
Smith’s indictment describes “Trump Employee 2,” as an individual who photographed boxes stored at Mar-a-Lago to show the former president and someone who helped Trump’s valet and co-defendant Walt Nauta move presidential documents around the property, including to and from Trump residence.
Michael reportedly told investigators that Trump became increasingly reluctant to cooperate with the government after agreeing to hand over 15 boxes of documents to the National Archives out of about 90 held at Mar-a-Lago.
Molly Michael, a former White House executive assistant, told federal investigators that on more than one occasion she received assignments from Trump written on the back of note cards with visible classification marks.AP/Jon Elswick
The former president allegedly asked her to spread the message that no more boxes existed even after she pointed out to him that many people, including maintenance workers at the property, had seen stacks and stacks of boxes.
Trump admitted in January that he kept a folder after his presidency that once housed classified papers because “it was a ‘cool’ memento.”
“I saved hundreds of them,” the former president said in a Truth Social post, explaining that the classified papers in the folder were collected by officials after a White House briefing.
Trump used an empty folder labeled “Classic Evening Summary” to turn off the lights in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.AFP via Getty Images/ Giorgio Viera
Trump also used an empty folder marked “Classified Evening Summary” to turn off the lights in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s former lawyer Timothy Parlatore told CNN earlier this year.
“He had one of those landline phones next to his bed, and it had a blue light on it, and it kept him up at night. So he took a manilla folder and put it so it would keep the lights off so he could sleep at night,” Parlatore claimed.
The folder was reportedly given to federal prosecutors in December 2022.
“It’s just this folder. It says ‘Classic Evening Summary’ on it. It is not a classification mark. It’s not anything controlled in any way. There is nothing illegal about it,” added Parlatore.
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