Trump Packed Documents To Return But Kept Many

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Former President Donald Trump personally packed a trove of documents returned to the National Archives in January, while keeping many records back, The Washington Post reported. Trump also instructed a lawyer to say all the documents sought by the records agency had been returned, the paper reported. It said he refused to do as he could not be sure it was true. The Post reported this on the basis of unnamed sources familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for Trump did not respond to the Post's specific questions, and did not immediately reply to Insider's request for comment. The report that Trump himself selected the documents to be returned from Mar-a-Lago, while keeping some behind, could worsen his position in the legal case against him. Trump packed up the 15 boxes under intense secrecy, keeping the process out of the view even of top aides, per earlier reporting from the Post.