US to assess threat of classified Mar-a-Lago docs

US to assess threat of classified Mar-a-Lago docs
By Joe Khalil -

(NewsNation) - The top intelligence official in the country is now investigating the classified documents found during the FBI's search Mar-a-Lago and will assess how serious the threat to national security would be if the records got into the wrong hands.

In a letter to top members on the House Intelligence and Oversight committees, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said the "threat assessment" is separate from the FBI's criminal investigation and that her office will work with the Justice Department to do a classification review.

"ODNI will also lead an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents," Haines wrote, using an acronym for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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