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Prosecutors have issued a subpoena to the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) to obtain the documents, the
report said. Authorities have also made interview requests to
people who worked in the White House in Trump's final days in
office, it said.
A grand jury probe suggests the Justice Department has advanced
in its inquiry, which began after NARA said it had recovered 15
boxes of documents, including classified records, that Trump
took to his Mar-a-Lago estate when he left the White House in
January 2021.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.
Trump representatives did not immediately respond to a request
for comment. Trump has previously confirmed that he agreed to
return certain records to the Archives, calling it "an ordinary
and routine process."
A federal law called the U.S. Presidential Records Act requires
the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and
other written communications related to a president's official
duties.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Grant
McCool)
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