Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines sent a letter to two Democratic representatives on Friday, obtained by Politico, noting that the intelligence will assess the risk posed by possible disclosure of the classified information in the documents. “The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) are working together to facilitate a review of the classification of relevant materials, including those recovered during the investigation,” Haines wrote to the Oversight Committee Chairman and House Reform, Carolyn. Maloney (DN.Y.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The letter was written shortly after the release of a redacted version of the investigative affidavit filed by the FBI before officers raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The affidavit said the reports indicated there could be “evidence of obstruction” at Mar-a-Lago, justifying a search of the documents. FBI says it ‘regularly notifies’ social media companies of potential threats after Zuckerberg-Rogan podcast, Transportation Department declares regional emergency after BP refinery fire in Indiana Haines told Maloney and Schiff that the intelligence officers’ assessment of national security risk would not “unduly interfere with DOJ’s ongoing criminal investigation.” “We are pleased that in response to our inquiry, Director Haines confirmed that the Intelligence Community and the Department of Justice are assessing the damage caused by the improper storage of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago,” the two lawmakers told Politico on Saturday. . “It is critical that the IC move quickly to assess and, if necessary, mitigate the damage caused — a process that should proceed in parallel with the DOJ’s criminal investigation.”
