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Trump says Obama took ‘many’ classified documents in latest pushback against raid

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at his predecessor in a statement Friday, accusing former President Obama of keeping “many” classified documents after he left the White House in 2017.

Mr. Trump insisted the documents seized in the raid at his Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this week had already been declassified and safely secured. Then he turned his ire on Mr. Obama, indicating the Justice Department uses a double standard when it comes to Democrats.

“What are they going to do with the 33 million pages of documents, many of which are classified, that President Obama took to Chicago,” Mr.