Trump news – live: Kushner denies being Mar-a-Lago mole as judge tells Trump lawyers to explain raid lawsuit
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has denied being the “mole” who tipped off the FBI that classified documents were still being kept at Mar-a-Lago after the ex-president claimed to have handed over everything he took with him after leaving the White House.
Speaking to former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, Mr Kushner blamed the press for amplifying the idea, singling out Mr Trump’s psychologist niece Mary Trump for criticism.
“It’s absolutely not true, categorically, in every way,” he said. “But I think that’s more of a statement of the sad state of the media, where the more outlandish – especially if it includes me – then the media will write about it and create headlines.”
Meanwhile, a judge has asked Mr Trump’s legal team to clarify basic the details of a muddled lawsuit they have filed two weeks after the raid took place. Multiple news outlets have reported that the federal government has reportedly recovered a total of 300 classified documents since Mr Trump left the White House, totalling more than 700 pages. This includes some 150 documents handed over by agreement at the start of this year.
