Trump lawyer Christina Bobb, a key player in the Mar-a-Lago document debacle, reportedly met with federal investigators in recent days.
During her meeting with investigators, Bobb highlighted two other lawyers who were involved in the classified document rift, three sources told NBC News. Bobb signed a letter on June 3 attesting that all classified material holed up in Mar-a-Lago had been returned to the government.
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The letter has sparked speculation that she could be in legal jeopardy because the FBI collected over a dozen boxes of materials from Mar-a-Lago nearly two months later, and the Justice Department says about 100 of the records bore classified markings. However, sources familiar with the situation noted that she managed to finagle an important caveat in the letter.
“She had to insist on that disclaimer twice before she signed it,” a source told NBC. “She is not criminally liable. … She is not going to be charged. She is not pointing fingers. She is simply a witness for the truth.”
Bobb signed the certification letter in June following a grand jury subpoena that demanded assurances Trump no longer possessed documents that had classified markings. During her recent discussion with investigators, Bobb talked about Trump legal adviser Boris Epshteyn, who participated in some talks about the documents, per NBC.
Federal officials arrived in Mar-a-Lago in June to collect additional documents following a referral from the National Archives and Records Administration, which found material with classified markings among the stash collected from the Palm Beach resort in January.
Bobb was identified as “Individual 2” in an affidavit for the Aug. 8 raid. Another Trump lawyer, Evan Corcoran, was referred to as “counsel” in the document.
FBI agents seized roughly 100 pages worth of classified material during the August raid, according to court documents. The DOJ is investigating possible obstruction of justice and violations of the Espionage Act in its inquiry about the Mar-a-Lago document tranche, per court documents.
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Former President Donald Trump has adamantly denied wrongdoing, claiming that he declassified the material and maintaining that a president can declassify material “even by thinking about it.” His lawyers previously conceded in court that “it would be appropriate for a special master, third-party reviewer, to possess a Top Secret/SCI security clearance” to review the documents.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Bobb for comment.
